Man who was dismissed from his job at a top KZN park for links to poaching is held by police in Gauteng
Trafficking in endangered species is increasingly moving online. Roxanne Joseph investigates the networks that facilitate these transactions
A Thai court has dismissed a case against a wildlife trafficker, who was linked to the smuggling of 14 rhino horns into Thailand in last year
Some say trade will pay for conservation, others argue it will fuel poaching and trafficking.
The RhODIS database is helping to convict poachers using DNA evidence from rhino horns, carcasses and live specimens
The Kruger National Park is ‘the eye of the storm, accounting for roughly 60% of poaching incidents over the past seven years’, the report said.
Research shows that legal sale of ivory increased smuggling by 71%.
Stance on ivory trade in Africa is not unified, with some countries calling for a global ban although others are open to elephant ivory trade.
Botswanan military aircraft flew in to SA to grab 20 rhinoceroses, but nobody seems to know why.
By working on a proposal to CITES to legalise trade in rhino horn, South Africa could actually be fueling rhino poaching.
Mozambican officials are arrested on suspicion they aided the theft from a police storeroom.
The fact that the poachers shot calves and took a small bit of rhino horn shows just how much it is worth in the illegal international market.
