Alleged Rhino Poacher Shot in the Kruger National Park

An alleged rhino poacher was shot dead in the Kruger National Park on Wednesday. His accomplice escaped but was arrested later while being treated at a nearby hospital.

Cabinet Weighs in on South Africa’s Rhino Poaching

The Cabinet in South Africa has condemned the poaching of more than 200 rhinos in parts of the country, saying this act poses a threat in the conservation of rhinos in the country.

Preston Man Jailed in Rhino Horn Smuggling Case

Donald Allison, 52, of Inglewhite, Preston, has been sentenced to 12 months in jail after pleading guilty at an earlier hearing to trying to smuggle the horns of an endangered species into the lucrative Chinese medicine market where the powdered horn...

Special Summit to be Held Over Rhino Killings

The recent spate of illegal rhino killings across South Africa has prompted the Department of Water and Environmental Affairs to convene a special summit this week in a bid to fight the poaching of rhinoceros.

WWF Launches Rhino Anti-poaching Campaign

WWF, the global conservation organization, has launched a campaign to raise support and funding for those rangers who put their lives on the line to protect Africa’s rhinos. How People Arrived Here: poaching organization

Kenya Records Highest Illegal Killings of Rhino in Recent Times

Kenya has recorded the highest illegal rhino killings measured in recent times with poaching hitting the critical 1 percent of the rhino population in 2009 for the first time in 25 years, the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) revealed on Monday.

Asia And Africa See a Surge in Rhino Poaching

Rhino poaching worldwide is on the rise, according to a new report by TRAFFIC and the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The trade is being driven by Asian demand for horns and is made worse by increasingly sophisticated poachers,...

Dogs Being Used to Find Out the State of Vietnam’s Critically Endangered Rhinos

Highly trained detection dogs are being used help to determine the population status of the Javan rhino in Vietnam, in an attempt to save one of the world’s rarest mammals from extinction.

First Baby Rhinoceros Born in Uganda in Over 20 Years has been Named Obama

The first baby rhinoceros born in Uganda in over 20 years has been named Obama because its father, like Obama’s, is from Kenya and his mother was also born in the U.S. Researchers at the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in Uganda have only recently been able...