NAIROBI – Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier in April aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers, but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller ...

The curriculum closely follows that of the typical police or security dog, focusing on obedience, tracking, and scent detection – a skill used to sniff out rhino horn, elephant ivory and bushmeat. The ...

NAIROBI (Reuters) -Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller ...

rhino horn, pangolin scales, and other wildlife trophies. Poaching and illegal wildlife trade are no longer just local or regional concerns, but have evolved into an organized and lucrative global ...

African black rhino. Image by storyteller2k20 via Depositphotos White rhinos face severe threats due to poaching, driven by the high demand for their horns in the black market. Rhino horns are falsely ...

Horn is used in traditional medicine or as a 'luxury' consumable – a keratin Cristal for the urban rich. The other three rhino species, from India, Java and Sumatra, are also poached for their horn.

[File photo: Reuters/Monicah Mwang] Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a ...

Despite ongoing poaching threats driven by demand for rhino horn, the southern white rhino demonstrates how a species can recover from the brink of extinction with proper protection and management.

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Cabinet authorised the Department of Environmental Affairs in July 2013 to explore the feasibility of possible trade in rhino horn, or not. There is no final decision on this matter as Cabinet has ...