16 days ago by Simon Gerber

It’s good to see that the law is at least making the news when it comes to South Africa’s current problem with rhino poaching. Another arrest has been made, this time a 58 year old farmer in Limpopo, who was busted with rhino horn and illegal firearms on the farm that he manages. He was arrested yes ...

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17 days ago by Rhishja Larson

In a matter of hours, the highly anticipated Parliamentary discussion about South Africa’s horrific rhino situation will commence in Cape Town. Public hearings on potential solutions to the country’s rhino crisis are expected to begin Thursday at 9:30 AM SAST. The Department of Environmental Affairs ...

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38 days ago by Janey Bee

Yesterday we brought you an update on the news of the hunter who has paid nearly a million rand to shoot an endangered trophy white rhino. But where rhinos are poached, there are even more far reaching implications, not least finding the resources to care for their orphaned young. To address this is ...

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38 days ago by Wilderness Foundation SA

There are five species of rhinoceros, all of which have been pushed to the brink by loss of habitat and by poachers who kill them for their horns. Follow this link to find out how the Wilderness Foundation is assisting in the fight against rhino poaching. White Exists as two sub-species: the souther ...

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54 days ago by silverstreak

Aquila Game Reserve posted the following at 13h43 on their Facebook page: Saving Private Rhino – An Aquila Private Game Reserve Initiative have just received information about a “burning hair” smell and the sound of grinding coming from a garage at an apartment block in Tableview. Suspecting it coul ...

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64 days ago by Rhishja Larson

There is still no end in sight to the rhino massacre in South Africa, as this year’s body count has now exceeded 400, surpassing the 2010 death toll of 333. Although arrests for rhino crimes have also increased, South Africa’s conviction rate is abysmally low: Less than five percent. According to Th ...

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99 days ago by lennymaysay

Just over a year ago I wrote about how poachers were decimating South Africa’s rhino population, driving another species towards extinction. At that time around 210 had been killed already, but the latest figures indicate that the total for 2010 reached a record 333. However, the figures for this ye ...

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100 days ago by Rhishja Larson

A sobering media release from WWF has confirmed that the number of rhinos killed in South Africa during the first 10 months of 2011 has already exceeded last year’s total of 333. © naturepl.com/Mark Carwardine/WWF South Africa’s rhino death toll now stands at a record 341. The total includes 16 crit ...

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128 days ago by Rhishja Larson

& An accomplished criminal wanted for abduction, attempted murder, and killing rhinos in both South Africa and Swaziland has been shot dead after firing on police officers. Rhino killers identified To follow up on last week’s news about a rhino killing gang that opened fire when confronted by police ...

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135 days ago by Sara

By Associated Press JOHANNESBURG (AP) — More needs to be done to dispel the myth among the Vietnamese that rhinoceros horn can cure cancer, Vietnamese officials said Wednesday after meeting with their South African counterparts about curbing rhino poaching. This year already, 309 rhinos have been po ...

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