Browsing the archives for the extinction tag
Troubling information indicates China is already farming rhinos for horn.
A disturbing proposal from China reveals that “artificial propagation” of rhinos is under way, and the use of rhino horn as an “important raw material” in traditional Chinese medicine is being promoted and encouraged, indicating China is preparing for an attempt to have the ban on [...]
The new Javan rhino sanctuary next to Ujung Kulon National Park now has an electric fence.
The plan to develop a second habitat for critically endangered Javan rhinos has made significant progress this week with the installation of an electric fence around the new sanctuary and breeding area.
A second critically endangered Javan rhino has been found dead in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon Park has lost another of its critically endangered Javan rhinos.
Re-introduction efforts are under way for black rhinos in Zambia.
Five black rhinos – one male and four females – have headed home to Luangwa National Park in Zambia. The rhinos are from Hluhluwe-uMfolozi Park and the Ithala game reserve in Northern KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa.
A second critically endangered Javan rhino carcass has been discovered – this time in Indonesia.
The world’s most threatened large mammal species, the Javan rhino, has suffered a second devastating loss: A carcass was discovered last week in Indonesia’s remote Ujung Kulon National Park.
Last month, one of just a handful of Vietnam’s Javan rhinos was [...]
Ujung Kulon National Park is conducting a population survey of critically endangered Javan Rhinos.
A joint team comprised of field workers from the Indonesian Rhino Foundation, Ujung Kulong National Park, and the Bogor Institute of Forestry has mobilized to carry out the Javan rhino population census in the last remaining home of Rhinoceros sondaicus. It is [...]
Should South African game auctions exclude trophy hunt operators from acquiring rhinos?
As increasing evidence suggests that some of South Africa’s legal trophy hunts are linked to illegal rhino horn trade, perhaps it is time take a closer look at game auctions that provide rhinos to professional hunters and trophy hunt operators.
In a devastating blow to rhino conservation efforts, poachers have killed a critically endangered Javan rhino.
Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam, home to the one of the world’s rarest mammals, is now the site of a heinous environmental crime: The murder of one of the world’s last Javan rhinos for its horn.
New information suggests that the Northern white rhino is a distinct species, not a subspecies.
An exciting new study has re-assessed the taxonomy of the Northern white rhino and the Southern white rhino – and found they are actually two distinct species.
The fab four – Sudan, Suni, Najin, and Fatu – made an appearance on American television this morning. Here’s the video:
The segment about the Northern white rhinos on NBC’s “Today Show” was too short and watered down (what do you expect – it’s a morning show for mommies), but it was good to see these [...]
