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 lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
Union Environment and Forest Minister Prakash Javadekar today said that the Centre would shortly seek a report from the Assam government on reports of large-scale encroachment on areas around the Kaziranga National Park. He was addressing a press conference here to mark the completion of a year in office. When …
Gonarezhou — Frankfurt Zoological Society (FZS), a Germany-based conservation organisation has released over $6 million towards the resuscitation of Gonarezhou National Park (GNP) to transform it into a commercially viable business. Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority and FZS, signed a memorandum of understanding in 2007 that established Gonarezhou Conservation …
Rhinos are to be reintroduced into Zimbabwe’s second-biggest national park even as poaching of elephants in the Gonarhezhou reserve surges. Within two years 40 black rhinos will be introduced to the 5,053 square-kilometer park (1,951-square mile), which lies on Zimbabwe’s southeastern border with Mozambique, Hugo van der Westhuizen, project leader …
The annual Rhino Charge has over the past 27 years established itself as a prime fund raising event, supporting initially just conservation but of late also supporting the different host communities, where the annual event is being held. This year the event set a new record with Sh108,617,802 million was …
Windhoek — Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says government does not have a policy to cage wild animals, which are declared "problematic", hence it allows trophy hunting. Shifeta's remarks come amid outcries from critics, who feel it was wrong timing for government to allow controversial Texan hunter Corey …
Poachers hunting Africa’s elephants and rhinos are getting tougher, killing the animals at an alarming rate. In their quest to profit from international black markets where ivory and rhino horn can be worth more than cocaine, these armed groups are getting their hands on bigger, more powerful weapons. But so …
Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) said on Monday it has so far translocated 14 black rhinos from two national parks to boost populations of the iconic species. KWS deputy spokesman Paul Muya said four rhinos were translocated from Nakuru and 10 others from Lewa National Parks to a sanctuary within the …
The dehorned carcass of a rhino has been found on a farm near Koster, North West police said on Sunday. The carcass had been there for three weeks. "According to the owner, he last saw the rhino earlier this month. One of his employees on the farm saw the carcass …
A US hunter who paid $350,000 (£225,000) to kill a black rhino in Namibia has successfully shot the animal, saying his actions would help protect the critically endangered species. Corey Knowlton, from Texas, downed the rhino with a high-powered rifle after a three-day hunt through the bush with government officials …
In the Texas grassland, home to white-tailed deer and rattlesnakes, outdoorsman Charly Seale sees a vast sanctuary of open spaces that could be used to protect the wild African rhino from its biggest enemy - poachers in search of the animals' valuable horns. Seale is part of an ambitious project …
THE Namibian police are investigating a case of illegal hunting of protected game, after two white rhinoceroses were found dead at the weekend. The rhino carcasses were found at Farm Okamahoro, situated approximately 30 kilometres west of Okahandja in the Otjozondjupa region. The game farm is a privately owned commercial …
In an effort to curb an upsurge in wildlife crimes, Minister of Environment and Tourism Pohamba Shifeta says no private guns would be allowed into national parks following a series of illegal poaching of rhinos and elephants. Not all carcasses of rhinos and elephants that have been found since the …
The Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS), Northern Rangelands Trust (NRT) and Lewa Wildlife Conservancy have embarked on a relocation programme that will see the critically endangered black rhino reintroduced to Samburu ranges 25 years since the last individual was poached in the area. At least 20 preselected rhinos will be moved …
IN a desperate bid to track down elusive poachers, the Ministry of Environment and Tourism has increased the reward money of whistle-blowers on poaching from N$30 000 to N$60 000. Tourism minister Pohamba Shifeta said government would rely on anyone who has information on poaching incidences to come forward as …
Unprecedented levels of rhino poaching have hit Namibia with the ever increasing number of rhinos poached now at 60, compelling the Ministry of Environment and Tourism (MET) to increase the reward from N$30 000 to N$60 000 to anyone with information on the latest incidences in the Etosha National Park. …
With poaching at an all-time high, two conservation groups are trying to move 6% of South Africa’s white rhinos to a comparable climate in the US Flying a thousand white rhinos from South Africa to south Texas sounds like something out of a bad Disney movie. But the proposal to …
Kruger National Park remains the hardest hit when it comes to rhino poaching - losing 290 animals of the 393 killed in South Africa by April, Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa said at a briefing on Sunday. While figures for the rest of South Africa show either a decrease or …
In the first four months of 2015, a record 393 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa, marking an 18 percent rise over the same period last year, the country’s environment minister said, during a public briefing on Sunday. Rhino poaching in South Africa has been surging since 2008, …
Rhino poaching in South Africa is at record levels, the country’s environment minister has warned, with an 18 % rise in the first four months of 2015 on the same period a year ago. Edna Molewa said that by the end of April 2015 the number of rhino lost to …
The government on Tuesday said that 11 rhino poachers have been killed in seperate encounters while 20 of them arrested in Kaziranga Tiger reserve in Assam this year. Replying to a question in Lok Sabha, Environment Minister Prakash Javadekar said in 2014, 22 rhino poachers were killed in encounters while …
