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Cape Town - Thieves have made off with two "priceless" horns from a mounted white rhinoceros at the Iziko South African Museum in Cape Town. The theft, the latest in a series targeting rhino horn at ...
Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than ...
Johannesburg - A Chinese national attempting to smuggle an illegal stash of five rhino horns was nabbed at Johannesburg’s OR Tambo Intertnational Airport on Friday, just two weeks after the world’s ...
CARVED RHINO HORN: Fetching a high price. A rare carved pair of antique rhinoceros horns has sold for five times the estimated price after a heated bidding war at an auction in Auckland last night.
Across South Africa, removing the the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the question: What is a rhino without its horns?
A Czech zoo burnt some 33.5kg of rhino horns with an estimated black market value of more than $2 million (R26.5m) on Tuesday in a protest against a controversial rhino horn auction in South Africa.
A rhino will charge if it feels threatened, but they are much less likely to act aggressively than a hippo. Rhinos have impressive horns averaging nearly three feet in length, although the record ...
Wildlife trafficking is often associated more with these charismatic species and products made from them such as elephant tusks and rhino horn. But wildlife trafficking includes a whole spectrum ...
With his massive body, thick grey skin and the pointed horn, the black rhino appears invincible. But life for Baraka, whose name means "the blessed one" in Swahili, is challenging. The 30-year-old ...
The former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was known for his undercover work investigating the black market.
The World Bank Group Youth Summit's 12th edition, brings together young people (ages 18-35) to tackle urgent global challenges. This year’s focus is on digital transformation, creative industries, and ...
SUITA, Osaka Prefecture--An international research team may have found a way to save the northern white rhinoceros, perhaps the world’s most critically endangered mammal as only two, both female ...