Five Rhinos Brutally Slaughtered in Pilanesberg, South Africa

Tweet South Africa loses five more rhinos in the poaching war. Just days before the world is set to celebrate the first-ever “Rhino Day”, poachers struck at a Pilanesberg nature reserve and ruthlessly gunned down five rhinos. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos LLC, which publishes news and information about the global rhino [...]

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8 Sep 10

Two Rhino Horn Traders Arrested in Kathmandu, Nepal

Tweet Police have busted two people for selling rhino horn in Nepal’s capital. Two rhino horn traders – believed to have links to a wildlife trading syndicate – were arrested in Kathmandu on Wednesday. The duo was reportedly apprehended after a scuffle between rhino horn buyers and sellers erupted at a hotel in Chabahil. Rhishja [...]

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6 Sep 10

Standing in Solidarity with Rhinos [Video]

Tweet Will you stand in solidarity with the world’s rhinos? We are standing in solidarity with rhinos. Please join us: Saving Rhinos on Facebook® Friends of the Rhino on Facebook® We will not lower our voices until the world hears the truth: Rhino horn is NOT medicine. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving Rhinos [...]

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4 Jul 10

Two More Rhinos Butchered as South Africa’s World Cup Murders Continue

Tweet Poachers struck again during the World Cup, leaving behind the mutilated bodies of two rhinos. Two female rhinos were the latest victims of South Africa’s poaching epidemic that has brazenly continued during the World Cup. Investigators found one body in the Borakalalo National Game Park in North West, and the other near Bela Bela. [...]