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SA’s rhinos are ‘more valuable alive than dead’

Government unveils new plan to strengthen rhino coordination and confront poaching

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

More than 40 years after they were wiped out, more than 40 rhinos are being reintroduced to the Zinave National Park in Mozambique in what has been hailed as a “historic return” of the species.

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

‘Extreme’ tactics and lockdown buy rhino more time

The Rockwood Conservation reserve boasts zero poaching incidents in six years and its breeding project is successful, but costly

Sixteen southern white rhinos have been moved from &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal to Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
(Photo by Wolfgang Kaehler/LightRocket via Getty Images)

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

In November 2012 Chumlong Lemtongthai was sentenced to 40 years behind bars after he confessed to ordering as many as 50 rhinos for hunting, and actively participating in the illegal killing of at least 26. (Siphiwe Sibeko/Reuters)

Fury at release of rhino ‘pseudo-hunt’ kingpin

Chumlong Lemtongthai was released from the Kgosi Mamparu 11 facility on Tuesday, after serving just under six years of his jail sentence

Billionaire Jack Ma at the African Ranger Awards (Rodger Bosch/AFP)

Rangers find unlikely sponsor

China is the biggest market for ivory yet Chinese business people are funding the war on poaching

Harvesting sperm may save Sudan

Science may throw the northern white rhino a lifeline as the last male standing hits old age.

Nipping it in the bud: Farms like this one in the Hex River Valley face an uncertain future.

Almost the end for Kenya’s northern white rhino

With just five left on earth, the animal’s end is inevitable, and experts argue whether it’s viable to give the species a resurgence in captivity.

The horn ultimatum: ‘Lift the ban on trade or killing goes on’

The horn ultimatum: ‘Lift the ban on trade or killing goes on’

Mpumalanga’s rhino-farming tycoon, John Hume, says the best financial investment is to keep stockpiling rhino horn because the price keeps rising.

Three white rhinos found dead in Limpopo

Three white rhinos found dead in Limpopo

The carcasses of three white rhinos — two pregnant — believed to have been shot by poachers, have been found in Limpopo by patrolling rangers.

‘Straight bloody slaughter’

Wildlife traffickers are laundering hunting permits to smuggle rhinoceros horns to the Far East for use in medicinal potions.