Global demand for the horns fuels both crude poaching networks in southern African countries (the heartland of the black rhino) and larger organised crime networks. Photojournalist Brent Stirton is ...

This is according to Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George, who released the 2024 rhino poaching statistics to the media yesterday. His concerns were emphasised in a ...

In that month alone, the province lost 27 rhinos. “Fortunately, the provincial anti-rhino poaching team responded swiftly, intercepting the new syndicate and preventing further losses.

LIMPOPO – The fight against rhino poaching took centre stage at the latest conservation evening hosted by the Phalaborwa Natural Heritage Foundation (PNHF) on Wednesday, March 5. Wildlife ...

Poaching crews often pay trackers to ... is that ivory and horn are the same. Ivory is an elephant's tooth, while rhino horn is keratin, similar to a horse's hoof. When an elephant's tusk is ...

However, total rhino numbers have been dropping dramatically since around 2008, the year poaching began to escalate significantly in South Africa – reaching an annual killing rate of more than ...

While the poaching and smuggling of sea snails may not excite the same public outrage as the high-profile ivory trade ... animal like an elephant or a rhino. But the impact of organised crime ...

The latest rhino poaching report has revealed a decrease in poaching numbers in South Africa, but concerns remain as certain areas continue to see escalating poaching activities. The report ...

The provincial anti-rhino poaching managed to intercept the new syndicate and prevent further losses, the department said. Poachers killed 88 rhinos in the Kruger National Park, 10 more than a ...

These weapons are used for poaching and committing other crimes ... Individuals caught at airports possessing prohibited wildlife like ivory, and rhino horns face fines of no less than Sh1 ...