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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South African court lifts 2009 ban on domestic rhino horn trade
South Africa's High Court has lifted a ban on the local trade in rhino horn imposed by the government in 2009 after finding that the state had not followed the process of public participation before imposing
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Endangered rhino dies at California zoo, three remain worldwide
A northern white rhinoceros, one of just four left on Earth, died on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials said.
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South Africa steps up efforts to fight rhino poaching
South Africa has stepped up its efforts to fight rhino poaching in the country’s flora and fauna-rich nature reserves, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has said. Addressing the second Interpol-United
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‘How did Assam permit large-scale hotels in and around Kaziranga?’
With large-scale hotels in and around the world heritage site of Kaziranga National Park (KNP) posing a threat to wildlife, especially the one-horned rhinoceros, the National Green Tribunal has sought
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Rhino killed in Kaziranga, toll rises to 14 this year
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
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Poaching and wildlife trafficking placed in same category as drug and weapons smuggling by new US law
Poaching and the trade in illegal animal goods have been placed in the same category as drug and weapons smuggling by a new law passed in the US. The Global Anti-Poaching Act passed by the US House
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Sumatran orangutans threatened by forest destruction
A series of deaths of orangutans further confirms the destruction of Indonesia’s forests, contributing to the problem of global climate change. The country’s biodiversity, including protected species
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World's first all-female patrol protecting South Africa's rhinos
The battle against the poaching that kills a rhino every seven hours in South Africa has acquired a new weapon: women. The Black Mambas are all young women from local communities, and they patrol inside
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Thousands of rhinos, 500 poachers; grim toll in the hunt for prized horns
Hundreds of illegal hunters of the rhinoceros in South Africa’s Kruger national park have been shot dead by rangers in the past five years, but the temptation of a rich reward to end an impoverished life
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Africa: Unmanned Plane for Anti-Poaching War
Wildlife poaching in Africa has become an issue of major concern with increasing numbers of animals being hunted and killed, even in wildlife conservation areas. Various animals, such as elephants and