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An anti-poaching ranger training program is now offered at SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary.
South Africa’s SanWild Wildlife Rehabilitation Center and Sanctuary has announced its first program for training rangers in counter poaching methods to protect rhinos and other wildlife.
The first set of courses will begin next week.
The duration of the training [...]
WWF takes a stand for rhinos with a new campaign.
In response to the alarming escalation in rhino poaching, WWF has launched a global campaign to raise awareness and funds for the world’s remaining rhinos.
Over the last five years, more than 600 rhinos have been illegally killed to fuel the demand for rhino horn in [...]
This month’s book is The Lizard King: The True Crimes and Passions of the World’s Greatest Reptile Smugglers by Bryan Christy.
Book Summary: The Lizard King takes the reader on a thrilling journey into the heart of the reptile smuggling world.
Infamous animal trafficker Anson Wong – who was recently arrested in Malaysia – [...]
Police have nabbed four men on a Limpopo game farm.
Thanks to a tip, police managed to arrest four Zimbabwean men for attempting to kill rhinos in the Lephalale Game Reserve in Limpopo, South Africa.
Fortunately, they were caught before any rhinos were harmed.
The fate of a Chinese rhino horn smuggler is being considered by the Jiangnan District Court.
A public hearing regarding the case of illegally transporting two rhino horns was reportedly held earlier this week in Jiangnan District Court of Nanning City, Guangxi Province.
The prosecuting attorney recommended that the suspect – a TCM practitioner who confessed [...]
A farm in Limpopo is the scene of the latest rhino atrocity.
An armed gang of eight to ten men tied up two workers at a Limpopo farm located between Modimolle and Vaalwater, and then proceeded to kill two rhinos and saw off their horns.
This shocking attack reportedly occurred in broad daylight on Monday afternoon.
A second rhino was killed by poachers in South Africa this week.
A female rhino has been found dead near Roedtan in Limpopo. She was shot several times, presumably with an R5 assault rifle and her horns were hacked off. Her hamstrings had also been cut.
The rhino was reportedly 40 years old and her front horn [...]
Vietnam has been identified as one of the major recipients of rhino horn from South Africa.
The demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has increased substantially over the past few years, and the country is currently considered a significant factor in the illegal rhino horn trade.
Most rhino horn entering Vietnam is sourced from South Africa. Rhino [...]
Listen to a one-hour discussion of the illegal rhino horn trade on The WildLife with Laurel Neme.
Recently, I had the exciting opportunity to be a guest on “The WildLife”, a radio talk show hosted by Dr. Laurel Neme. We discussed the illegal trade in rhino horn and the fact that because rhino horn has no [...]
