Washington – A new US advisory board created to help rewrite federal rules for importing the heads and hides of African elephants, lions and rhinos is stacked with trophy hunters, including some members
South Africa has started moving rhinos from areas of heavy poaching in the Kruger National Park to parts of the reserve where they can be protected to combat a surge in illegal killings of the endangered
Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year. After
Windhoek — According to the latest statistics, Namibia's anti-poaching unit is proving a success with the country only having recorded three cases of rhino poaching this year. Minister of Environment
The highest number of 41 rhinos poached in 2013 Poachers have killed and dehorned 193 rhinos in Assam over the past 13 years and seven months from 2001 to August 3. During this period, the highest number
South Africa's Kruger national park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them from poachers. The goal is to "spread the risk" by evacuating
Official figures suggest this year will be deadliest yet for rhino, breaking 2013 record of 1,004 deaths Some 558 rhino have been killed in South Africa already this year, setting the country on course
In the wake of several incidents of rhino poaching in Assam, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar has decided to visit Kaziranga National Park in the state soon. The Environment Minister met with
Iconic wildlife species such as rhinos and elephants could soon be wiped out if corruption continues to thrive. Corruption fuels wildlife crime, which in turn drives many species to extinction, CITES
With Prime Minister Narendra Modi at the helm of affairs now, conservation activists have stepped up the demand for stopping the menace of rhino poaching in Assam as was promised by him during his election
The Assam Government has launched a novel DNA indexing system for the one-horned rhinos in Assam to give a boost to the conservation efforts of the pachyderm, which are falling in numbers in the State
Poachers managed to kill another rhino at Kaziranga, a world heritage site about 250 km from here, on Sunday, barely a week after the national park was opened to visitors. Kaziranga divisional forest
A Melbourne woman wants to halt the multimillion-dollar business of importing rhino horn to Vietnam by launching a series of advertisements aimed at the country’s wealthy elite. Lynn Johnson, who has
The Liwonde Magistrates Court has slapped a 28-year-old Esau Chikondi Billy and hid accomplices with a lengthy jail term for poaching rhinos in Liwonde National Parks. The court convicted and sentenced
Guwahati: Poachers continue to have a field day in Assam’s wildlife conservation area as another rhino was shot dead and horn taken away on Tuesday night in Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary about 45 km off
Kaziranga national park lost its third rhino in a span of five days as poachers continued to bleed the one-horned pachyderm at the Unesco world heritage site. The latest carcass was recovered on Sunday
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - South Africa will relocate six endangered black rhinos to Chad where the animal was hunted to local extinction decades ago, the environment ministry in Pretoria said. If the
A former Parks and Wildlife Department (Zimparks) director will later this month go on trial over the disappearance, under his care, of some 53 rhino horns worth $3million. The trial Edson Chidziya's
The forest department will conduct rhino census at Gorumara National Park spread over an area of over 88 square kilometres and other adjacent forestlands on Wednesday and Thursday. More than 100 groups
The Assam government's move to explore trimming of horns to save rhinos from poaching was opposed by an environmental activist body which said it will affect biological growth of the animal and the risk
