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
Poaching
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Zimbabwe: Zimparks Boss Faces Trial Over $3m Rhino Horn Theft
A former Parks and Wildlife Department (Zimparks) director will later this month go on trial over the disappearance, under his care, of some 53 rhino horns worth $3million. The trial Edson Chidziya's
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Trophy hunting is unlikely to affect evolution
In recent years, there has been growing controversy surrounding the evolutionary effects of trophy hunting in big game animals worldwide. An article published in the Journal of Wildlife Management explains
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Third National Wildlife Action Plan 2017-31
India unveiled the third National Wildlife Action Plan for 2017-2031 spelling out the future road map for wildlife conservation. The third action plan comes after the first plan in 1983 and second from
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Burn horns, save rhinos
Paula Kahumbu: Enlightened conservation efforts are needed to save the world’s rhinos, combined with a total ban on trade in rhino horn Today, September 22, is World Rhino Day. Rhinos were once widespread
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Size matters when it comes to extinction risk
The biggest and the smallest of the world's animals are most at risk of dying out, according to a new analysis. Size matters when it comes to extinction risk, with vertebrates in the so-called "Goldilocks
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A ‘smart collar’ on a nearby zebra could help fight against rhino poaching
MTN and IBM are introducing collars for prey animals, which help combat rhino poaching — a test case for new wireless technologies. The collars track and monitor prey animals such as zebras that graze
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Rhino horn smuggled as jewellery
Criminal networks smuggling rhino horn out of Africa are turning it into jewellery to evade its detection in airports, an investigation has found. Wildlife trade monitoring network Traffic revealed
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Pendants, powder and pathways: a rapid assessment of smuggling routes and techniques used in the illicit trade in African rhino horn
A TRAFFIC report reveals disturbing new evidence that some criminal networks of Chinese origin operating in South Africa are now processing rhino horn locally into beads, bracelets, bangles and powder
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Central Africa’s ivory trade shifts underground, according to new report
A series of undercover investigations by the NGO TRAFFIC over several years in five Central African countries has revealed a shift in the region from local markets for ivory to an ‘underground’ international
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Ivory markets in Central Africa
Weak governance, corruption and shifting trade dynamics are significant factors seriously undermining the control of ivory trafficking throughout five countries in Central Africa, according to a new TRAFFIC