The black rhino once roamed most of sub-Saharan Africa, but today is on the verge of extinction due to poaching fueled by commercial demand for its horn.
Museum mammal expert Richard Sabin explains why images like this matter ... Global demand for the horns fuels both crude poaching networks in southern African countries (the heartland of the black ...
In a world where conservation victories are often measured in inches, the slight uptick – amongst a rise in poaching ... ahead of World Rhino Day, paints a nuanced picture of the current ...
His thoughts flew to Basta, a pregnant black rhinoceros ... The human tracks were especially ominous. Poaching crews often pay trackers to find the rhinos, follow them until dusk, then radio ...
Every 20 hours in South Africa a rhino is killed for its horn and experts are turning to nuclear technology to try and stop this bloodshed. Rhino horns are poached ... On the black market they ...
Rhino poaching in South Africa, driven by the demand for rhino horns, has decimated black and white rhinos in the country, prompting rhino translocations to boost populations and dehorning of ...