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 …
Pretoria — Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa has clarified that the South African government has not taken a decision to legalise trade in rhino horn. The Department of Environmental Affairs on Thursday said the clarity from the Minister follows an online petition that is circulated through the organization, Avaaz, calling …
Nairobi — The government has issued a 21-day amnesty for the surrender of ivory and any wildlife trophies held without a permit issued by the Kenya Wildlife Service. Environment Cabinet Secretary Judi Wakhungu says those who do so within the given time frame will not be prosecuted. Wakhungu says the …
Rhino has become a major election issue in Assam this time. It is the precious one-horned rhinoceros that stands out in Assam’s wildlife protection areas, especially Kaziranga National Park. With unabated poaching of the endangered animal becoming a cause for concern among the Assamese, political parties of all hues have …
Head in hands, a distraught wildlife park worker struggles to hide his emotion after three white rhinos were attacked by poachers for their horns. One warden described the slaughter – at a reserve in South Africa – as ‘the worst day of my life’. Two female rhinos were found dead …
Smallest of the Asian rhino species that number fewer than 100 in the world was captured in a wooden pit in Borneo, Indonesia, to protect and relocate it Conservationists have made the first physical contact in over four decades with a Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo. The smallest of the …
Nairobi — President Uhuru Kenyatta on Saturday visited the Nairobi National Park ahead of the April event when he will preside over the destruction of massive stockpiles of ivory. At the event, Kenya will torch 120 tonnes of ivory, just 17 short of Kenya's total stockpiles and 1.5 tonnes of …
NEW DELHI: Out of 96,000 animal species in the country, more than 50 have been assessed as "critically endangered" and 310 as "endangered", the Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday. "Studies conducted by Zoological Survey of India (ZSI) have recorded 96,000 species of animals from India. "Among these, International Union …
An executive with a Beverly Hills gallery and auction house has pleaded guilty of conspiring to smuggling at least $1 million in animal products that included rhino horn and elephant ivory, federal prosecutors said on Wednesday. Joseph Chait, 38, a senior auction administrator with I.M. Chait Gallery/Auctioneers, could be sentenced …
The number of rhinos killed by poachers in Africa rose for the sixth year in a row, threatening the survival of the endangered animals. At least 1,338 rhinos were killed by poachers across Africa in 2015, according to data by the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Since 2008, at …
The mass slaughter of rhinos has increased for the sixth year in a row, according to grim new figures from international researchers. At least 1,338 of the iconic animals were killed for their horns in Africa last year. This is the greatest loss in a single year since an intense …
Namibian police say they have found 34 rhino carcasses in the country in January and February this year. The rhino carcasses were found during an aerial search last month. Twenty-nine of them were found in Etosha Game Park, which is home to the biggest rhino population in the country. The …
As rhino deaths have soared across South Africa, in Balule reserve the Black Mambas patrol of local women has achieved a 76% reduction in poaching since 2013. Now there are plans to extend the award-winning scheme “The Black Mambas are winning the war on poaching,” insists Siphiwe Sithole. “We have …
Trade in bioengineered rhino horn shouldn’t be allowed. That's the contention behind a petition filed today with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service by the Center for Biological Diversity, a U.S.-based group that uses science and law to protect the environment, and WildAid, a nonprofit organization that aims to eliminate …
ZIMBABWE's wildlife is under threat from poachers sponsored by criminal syndicates operating in and outside the country who use cyanide to poison the animals, a senior Government official has said. Officially launching "The Elephant Dress" in support of wildlife on Monday in Harare, Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri-Kashiri …
JORHAT: Third rhino has been killed by poachers in last 40 days in Kaziranga National Park of Assam, a senior forest official said on Tuesday. The poachers killed the female adult rhino in the early hours on Monday on the westernmost side of Bagori, divisional forest officer of the Unesco-declared …
Jorhat/Guwahati: Assam's Kaziranga National Park has lost two rhinos to poachers in four days. With this, the number of rhinos killed this month has risen to three. One rhino was killed and de-horned by poachers near Tunikati anti-poaching camp under the park's Burapahar forest range at 1am on Wednesday and …
Rhino poaching in South Africa has decreased for the first time since 2007, experts say. Compared to the 1,215 rhinos illegally killed in 2014, only 1,175 rhinos were lost in 2015. This slight improvement, however, was greatly offset by alarming poaching rates recorded in neighboring countries. A mother's diet is …
GUWAHATI: Kaziranga National Park, a Unesco world heritage site about 250km from here, lost its second rhino to poachers in two weeks on the first month of new year. The latest rhino was poached on Sunday, taking the toll to two this year so far. The killing took place near …
The announcement that South African rhino poaching deaths fell slightly in 2015 adds a misleading gloss to another devastating year in which criminal gangs expanded their operations into new, even more delicate rhinoceros populations. South Africa’s environment minister Edna Molewa said on Thursday that 1,175 dead rhinos were discovered during …
CITES called on Tanzania and Mozambique – both of which have lost more than half their elephants since 2009 – to take critical steps against ivory trafficking before its next meeting in September. Meanwhile, the committee recommended that Angola, Laos and Nigeria should face sanctions on trade in CITES-listed species …
