Orphaned Rhinos Find Safe Refuge in S.Africa Sanctuary
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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South Africa’s Rhino Poaching Drops During Virus Lockdown
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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South Africa Cuts Rhino Poaching by Half: Minister
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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Irish Man Extradited to Texas on Wildlife Trafficking Charges
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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Africa’s Endangered Wildlife at Risk as Tourism Dries Up
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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‘Sentinel’ Bird Found to Help Rhinos Evade Poachers
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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S. Africa Says Rhino Poaching Down 23% Last Year
South Africa recorded a 23% drop in the number of rhinos killed by poachers last year, official figures showed Monday.
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‘Amazing’: New Embryo Made of Nearly Extinct Rhino Species
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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Rhino Poaching Rises in Botswana Despite Government Crackdown
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.
Read moreWhite Rhino Born in Belgian 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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Sumatran Rhino Is Extinct in Malaysia as Lone Survivor Dies
The Sumatran rhinoceros has become extinct in Malaysia, after the last of the species in the country succumbed to cancer.
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17 South African Black Rhinos Relocated to Malawi
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.
Read moreIrish National Gets 14 Months for Trafficking Rhino Horn
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.
Read moreSlain Rhino Carcass Headed to Home of Michigan Hunter
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.
Read moreScientists a Step Closer to Saving Northern White Rhino From Extinction
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.
Read moreEndangered Rhinos Ready to Be Sent From Europe to Rwanda
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.
Read moreSouth Africa Rhino Poaching
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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The Ninth Circuit on Monday upheld the conviction and enhanced sentence given to a man who sold black rhino horns.
Read moreChina Reverses Ban on Trade in Tiger, Rhino Products
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.
Read moreRhino in San Diego Pregnant, Could Help Save Subspecies
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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