Black Rhinos

/ 3 July 2024

Meet the real rhino whisperers protecting black rhinos in KwaZulu-Natal

The WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project has established 17 new populations

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 23 August 2022

Rhino poaching and illegal horn trade declining in Africa and Asia

Despite the decline in rhino poaching, there are critical threats to the survival of these iconic animals

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 1 May 2022

High court suspends environment department’s trophy hunting quota for black rhinos, leopards and elephants

Interim interdict ‘spares death’ of 170 animals at the hands of hunters, judge says

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 27 April 2022

Rhinos to return to Mozambique’s ‘silent park’

More than 40 critically endangered black rhino and near-threatened white rhino will be reintroduced to the Zinave National Park

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By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 26 March 2022

‘Rhino bond’ charges onto markets to save South African animals

Investors will see returns if the critically endangered rhino population increases in two designated South African parks

By Heather Scott

The Green Guardian

/ 16 September 2021

Q&A Sessions: Meet Cathy Dreyer, the rhino whisperer

Cathy Dreyer, the first female head ranger of the Kruger National Park, speaks to Sheree Bega about earning the trust of black rhinos by reading to them and why the park’s hard-working rangers deserve the admiration of all South Africans

By Sheree Bega

The Green Guardian

/ 5 February 2021

Kruger loses 70% of rhinos in 10 years

The good news is that the drought has eased, poaching is down and the environment department is now not only focusing on the poachers but is going after crime syndicates

By Sheree Bega