Black Rhinos
latest news & developments
SA’s rhinos are ‘more valuable alive than dead’
Government unveils new plan to strengthen rhino coordination and confront poaching
Namibia’s Red Mountain conflict deepens after rhino poaching incident
Conservationists view the poaching of a rhino as evidence of governance failure; community leaders see it as collateral in the fight for survival
Meet the real rhino whisperers protecting black rhinos in KwaZulu-Natal
The WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project has established 17 new populations
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
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
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
‘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
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…
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
Black rhino to return to Chad after South Africa deal
Six black rhino, who are listed as critically endangered, will be moved to Chad in 2018.
R7.5m to kill a rhino
The Dallas Safari Club is auctioning off a chance to shoot a black rhino in Namibia. The expected proceeds of R7.5-million go to rhino conservation.
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.
Rhino poaching on the rise in Kenya
Melita is the latest victim of a worrying surge in rhino poaching which has hit the whole of the region of hills and high plateaux in Kenya.
Rare black rhinos relocated to Serengeti
Conservationists flew the first five of 32 critically endangered East African black rhinos from SA back to their habitat in Tanzania’s Serengeti.
‘Straight bloody slaughter’
Wildlife traffickers are laundering hunting permits to smuggle rhinoceros horns to the Far East for use in medicinal potions.