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Posted by By Rhishja Larson Although few features in the animal kingdom are as magnificent as the horn of the rhino, such magnificence comes at a deadly price: The illegal rhino horn trade is responsible for decimating the world’s rhino population by more than 90 percent over the past 40 years. Greater one-horned rhino (Rhinoceros unicornis), Chitwan National…
Issued by South African National Parks Corporate Communications The South African National Parks (SANParks) said in a statement today (Thursday, 1 July 2010) that rhino poaching throughout the country continues to escalate at an unprecedented rate since the beginning of the year. To date South Africa has lost a further 32 rhinos, bringing the overall number…
The majority of the leading South Africans behind the current wave of poaching and smuggling rhino horns were respected local figures with conservationist profiles, the Sunday Independent reported yesterday. According to the South African newspaper’s De Wet Potgieter, detectives believe the individuals are part of an extensive syndicate behind as much as 70 percent of…
The recent brazen slaying of two rhinos–a pregnant mother with her two-year-old calf–in a highly popular wildlife park on the outskirts of Johannesburg, has focused attention on the growing poaching crisis in South Africa, a country renowned for the conservation of the endangered animal. Law-enforcement officials say they are in a battle against organized criminals…
Conservationists are celebrating a pregnancy in one of the world’s most endangered species, the Sumatran rhino, the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) said yesterday. Photo of Ratu courtesy of Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary “The pregnancy of female Ratu, born in Indonesia, and male Andalas, the first of only three Sumatran rhinos born in captivity in more than…
Asian demand for horns is driving a surge in rhino poaching, especially in South Africa and Zimbabwe, according to data analyzed by TRAFFIC, a wildlife trade monitoring network, and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). “The trade is made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers, who now are using veterinary drugs, poison, cross…
We’ve all observed the intensity with which dogs sniff poop, and how they often stick their noses into where poop is excreted. Apparently their powerfully sensitive noses gather much useful information from whatever fragrances exude from scat, and presumably this tells them a lot about the individual who dropped it. Now conservationists are putting this canine talent to good…
Rhinos are falling to poachers at the rate of two to three per week in some areas as Asian demand for their horns escalates, according to a report to the 58th meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) Standing Committee this week in Geneva. Photo of white rhino poached for horn…
Ramir, a 6-week-old Indian rhinoceros, is bottle-fed more than a gallon of milk five times per day. He is the 58th Indian rhinoceros born at San Diego Zoo’s Wild Animal Park since 1978, making the Park the foremost breeding facility in the world for this endangered species, according to a news statement by the zoo.…
