State of the Rhino 2023
Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can
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Wildlife law enforcement in Sub-Saharan African protected areas: a review of best practices
Around the world, wildlife is being depleted by illegal activities at an alarming rate, depriving local populations and national economies of important natural capital. Moreover, this loss has a significant
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Wildlife law enforcement in Sub-Saharan African protected areas: a review of best practices
Around the world, wildlife is being depleted by illegal activities at an alarming rate, depriving local populations and national economies of important natural capital. Moreover, this loss has a significant
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Assam's mini Kaziranga Orang loses its first rhino to poachers
Guwahati: The Orang national park, also known as mini Kaziranga, has lost its first rhino to poachers. The carcass of the rhino bearing bullet injuries was recovered on Thursday. The poachers have also
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Angola vows to fight poaching to protect elephants and rhinos.
Angola is stepping up efforts to fight against poaching and ivory trade in the country. The government intends to implement tough new laws and border controls as the country is a major transit point
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Hong Kong timetables total ban on ivory trading for first time
Hong Kong has called for an end to local ivory trading within five years, a move activists hailed as significant given the financial hub's reputation as a wildlife trafficking blackspot, while calling
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Zimbabwe's wildlife agency suspends boss over missing rhino horns
Zimbabwe's wildlife authority has suspended its director general and is investigating the disappearance of 228 kg (500 pounds) of the agency's stored rhino horn, it said on Tuesday. The southern African
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Assam CM toughens measures to check rhino poaching
GUWAHATI: Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal on Wednesday asked the deputy commissioners and superintendents of police to take all possible measures to protect the one-horned rhinos. The chief
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Kaziranga loses second rhino in a week
Guwahati: Amid intensifying crackdown against poachers, Kaziranga National Park lost second rhino within a week on Sunday. The poachers killed a female rhino and took away the horn in the Bagori forest
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Assam government to act tough on rhino poaching
Trying to send a strong message that it would not take rhino poaching lightly, the Assam government has suspended Kaziranga National Park director Mufakkar Ali on charge of "negligence in his duties pertaining
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South Africa says domestic rhino horn trade on ice, takes issue to top court
South Africa's department of environmental affairs said on Wednesday an on-again-off-again moratorium on domestic trade in rhino horn had been reinstated after it appealed to the top court in the land