Africa's rhino are being poached at an alarming rate due to the misguided belief that their horn has medicinal properties. Halfway through 2012 there have already been more than 250 rhino killed for ...

A safari guide captured a dramatic encounter where lions learned the hard way not to mess with a rhino, narrowly escaping two ...

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A team from KZN Ezemvelo Wildlife after the recent dehorning of a rhino ... for their horn stumps in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park (HiP). Since the programme’s launch in April, over 1 000 rhinos ...

Despite a drastic dehorning operation, poachers still targeted 20 rhinos in KZN. Rhino horns / iStock In an ambitious and ...

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Radioisotopes are inserted into rhino horns through small holes that are drilled in, and then sealed. Their purpose is to 1) devalue the horn as it is now “tainted,” and 2) enhance the detection and ...

The South African Police Service (SAPS), through Operation Shanela, has arrested 11 059 suspects between 11 and 17 November ...

Police confiscated protected plants with an estimated value of R45 400 and rhino horns worth R449 000 ... with an estimated street value of R1.1 million were seized. Police will continue with their ...

“Our study shows that we can train African giant pouched rats to detect illegally trafficked wildlife, even when it has been ...

More than 60,92kg of rhino horn was confiscated and linked to poaching crime scenes in KwaZulu-Natal and the Northern Cape. For the Kruger National Park, the number of arrests of alleged poachers ...