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Environment International 

Orphaned Rhinos Find Safe Refuge in S.Africa Sanctuary

January 11, 2021January 11, 2021 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
poaching, rhinoceros, sanctuary, South Africa, trafficking, wildlife

Rhinoceros calf Jessie was just 4 months old when she arrived at a shelter in northern South Africa, bleeding from a cut to the shoulder and deeply traumatized.

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Environment International 

South Africa’s Rhino Poaching Drops During Virus Lockdown

September 22, 2020September 22, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
coronavirus, endangered, poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, tourism

South Africa’s anti-Covid-19 lockdown is credited with helping to achieve a dramatic drop in rhino killings, but as the country opens up experts warn of a possible resurgence of poaching of one of Earth’s most endangered mammals.

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Environment International 

South Africa Cuts Rhino Poaching by Half: Minister

July 31, 2020July 31, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa

The number of South African rhinos killed by poachers fell by half in the first six months of the year, but 166 were slaughtered nonetheless, the environment minister said Friday.

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Criminal Environment 

Irish Man Extradited to Texas on Wildlife Trafficking Charges

May 26, 2020May 27, 2020 DAVID LEE
Endangered Species Act, extradition, Ireland, rhinoceros, Texas

Federal prosecutors announced Tuesday that an Irish man accused of trafficking endangered black rhinoceros horns from Texas to New York City was extradited to the Lone Star State.

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Criminal Environment International 

Africa’s Endangered Wildlife at Risk as Tourism Dries Up

May 15, 2020May 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, endangered, Law Enforcement, poaching, rhinoceros, tourism

The armed rangers set off at dusk in pursuit of poachers. The Covid-19 pandemic has brought a new alertness, and a new fear.

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Environment Science 

‘Sentinel’ Bird Found to Help Rhinos Evade Poachers

April 9, 2020April 10, 2020 MARTIN MACIAS JR
birds, poaching, Research, rhinoceros

Africa’s red-billed oxpeckers – known as “the rhino’s guard” or Askari wa kifaru in Swahili – truly live up to their indigenous names, according to research published Thursday which found the birds are instrumental in helping black rhinos avoid poachers and other humans.

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Entertainment Environment International 

S. Africa Says Rhino Poaching Down 23% Last Year

February 3, 2020February 3, 2020 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, trafficking

South Africa recorded a 23% drop in the number of rhinos killed by poachers last year, official figures showed Monday.

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Environment Science 

‘Amazing’: New Embryo Made of Nearly Extinct Rhino Species

January 15, 2020January 15, 2020 ASSOCIATED PRESS
endangered, Research, rhinoceros

Researchers say they have successfully created another embryo of the nearly extinct northern white rhino in a global effort to keep the species alive. Just two animals remain, and both are female.

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Environment Government International 

Rhino Poaching Rises in Botswana Despite Government Crackdown

December 23, 2019December 24, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered species, Hunting, poaching, rhinoceros, tourism

Thirteen rhinos have been poached in Botswana in the last two months, the tourism ministry said, as the government tries to crackdown on hunting of the endangered species.  

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Entertainment Environment International 

White Rhino Born in Belgian Zoo

December 2, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Belgium, endangered, rhinoceros, zoo

A rare southern white rhino was born at a zoo in Belgium, boosting efforts to save the endangered species, the park said on Monday.

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Environment International 

Sumatran Rhino Is Extinct in Malaysia as Lone Survivor Dies

November 25, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
endangered species, extinction, Malaysia, rhinoceros

The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.

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Environment International 

17 South African Black Rhinos Relocated to Malawi

November 13, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered species, rhinoceros

Malawi has received 17 black rhinos from South Africa under a program to replenish the endangered species which temporarily went extinct in the southern African country in the 1980s, a conservation charity said Wednesday.

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Criminal Environment International 

Irish National Gets 14 Months for Trafficking Rhino Horn

October 1, 2019October 2, 2019 BRANDI BUCHMAN
endangered species, Florida, Ireland, rhinoceros, sentencing, smuggling, trafficking

An Irish national who smuggled a cup made of rhinoceros horn out of the United States was sentenced Tuesday to 14 months in prison by a federal judge in Miami.  

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Entertainment Environment Government International 

Slain Rhino Carcass Headed to Home of Michigan Hunter

September 6, 2019 JACK RODGERS
Africa, endangered, Hunting, Michigan, rhinoceros, wildlife

The Trump administration said Friday it will issue a permit to let a Michigan man import the skin, skull and horns of a black rhinoceros he shot in Africa last year.

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Environment 

Scientists a Step Closer to Saving Northern White Rhino From Extinction

August 23, 2019 AGENCE FRANCE-PRESSE
Africa, endangered, extinction, Medicine, pregnancy, rhinoceros

Veterinarians have successfully harvested eggs from the last two surviving northern white rhinos, taking them one step closer to bringing the species back from the brink of extinction, scientists said in Kenya on Friday.

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Environment International 

Endangered Rhinos Ready to Be Sent From Europe to Rwanda

June 20, 2019June 20, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
Africa, rhinoceros, wildlife, zoo

Officials say five critically endangered eastern black rhinos from wildlife parks in three European countries are ready for a transport back to their natural habitat in Rwanda, where the entire rhino population was wiped out during the genocide in the 1990s.

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Entertainment Environment International 

South Africa Rhino Poaching

February 14, 2019February 14, 2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS
poaching, rhinoceros, South Africa, trafficking

Reporting a 25 percent decrease from the number slain in 2017 for their horns, South Africa’s environmental affairs ministry said Wednesday that poachers killed 769 rhinos last year.

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Criminal Environment 

Rhino Horn

November 27, 2018November 27, 2018 ROBERT KAHN
endangered species, Ninth Circuit, rhinoceros, trafficking

The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the conviction and enhanced sentence given to a man who sold black rhino horns.

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Consumers Environment International 

China Reverses Ban on Trade in Tiger, Rhino Products

October 30, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
animals, China, conservationists, endangered species, rhinoceros

China says it will allow trading in products made from endangered tigers and rhinos under “special circumstances,” reversing a previous ban and bringing condemnation from conservation groups.

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Environment National 

Rhino in San Diego Pregnant, Could Help Save Subspecies

May 18, 2018May 22, 2018 ASSOCIATED PRESS
rhinoceros, San Diego, zoo

A southern white rhino has become pregnant through artificial insemination at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park — giving hope for efforts to save a subspecies of one of the world’s most recognizable animals, researchers announced Thursday.

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