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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Rhinos, Tigers May Be Protected by Heart Monitor Tracking Device
Rhinos, tigers and elephants could be saved from poachers by their own heart beats, a global-tracking device and a video camera. “The heart rate monitor triggers the alarm the instant a poaching event
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Tanzania's elephant catastrophe: 'We recalculated about 1,000 times because we didn't believe what we were seeing'
As Howard Frederick flew in a Cessna low over the scrubland of Tanzania’s Selous game reserve, it was the complete absence of elephants rather than the piles of scattered bones he saw that chilled him
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South Sudan crisis creates ‘wildlife refugees’
South Sudan’s wildlife has been forced to relocate to neighboring countries due to rampant poaching and their habitats being used as battlegrounds during the ongoing crisis. Many animals flee their homes
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China donates 50 vehicles to Tanzania to support anti-poaching efforts
Tanzania's anti-poaching crusade received a boost on Sunday when the Chinese government donated 50 special vehicles worth 1.3 million U.S. dollars for patrolling in the East African nation's parks and
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Zero poaching fiscal year of Rhino in Chitwan
The Chitwan National Park has marked the Fiscal Year 2014/15 as zero poaching year of Rhino in the park. Not a single Rhino lost its life to poaching in the park as well as in the forest area of the
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Kenya: Hong Kong Ivory Trade 'Major Threat' to Elephant Survival- Report
Nairobi — Rampant illegal trading in ivory in Hong Kong is pushing elephants towards extinction, conservationists said Thursday, reporting more ivory items on sale there than in any other city. The
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South Africa: Eighty Per Cent of Kruger Poachers Are Mozambican
About eighty per cent of the poachers arrested by the South African authorities in the Kruger National Park are Mozambicans, according to William Mabassa, of the public relations service of the Kruger
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Tackling illicit trafficking in wildlife
Recognizing that wild animals and plants are an irreplaceable part of the natural systems of the Earth, the United Nations General Assembly urged its Member States to take decisive steps to prevent, combat
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Mozambique: Tonnes of Ivory and Rhino Horns Incinerated
Maputo — The Mozambican authorities on Monday incinerated in Maputo over 2.4 tonnes of ivory and rhinoceros horns seized from poaching gangs. In all, 618 elephant tusks (weighing 2.2 tonnes) and 86
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Lions return to Rwanda for first time since 1994 genocide
Groggy on their paws after waking from tranquillisers, lions have returned to Rwanda for the first time since the endangered animal was wiped out following the country’s 1994 genocide. Seven lions (two