Black rhino The IUCN has just issued a Red List update for African rhinos. Black rhino numbers have steadily been increasing since 1995, so why are they still considered Critically Endangered? Of the five living rhino species, three – the black, Sumatran and Javan rhinos – are classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN Red […]
What it Means to be Critically Endangered — The International Rhino Foundation Blog
Operation: Stop Poaching Now We’re counting down and almost to number 10. We’re sharing 10 Ways to Fight Rhino Poaching — detailing diverse solutions you can support to address the poaching crisis. 10. Demand Reduction With 900 rhinos killed so far this year in South Africa, decades of success in conservation are in […]
Reducing Asia’s Demand for Rhino Horn — The International Rhino Foundation Blog
The iSimangaliso Wetland Park is home to healthy populations of both White and Black Rhinoceros, jealously guarded by the reserve’s rangers and routinely dehorned to deter poachers. Rhino populations all over our country are under severe threat and seeing these animals in the wild, even without their trademark horns, is an experience we’re very grateful […]
Summertide Diary: iSimangaliso Rhinos — de Wets Wild
‘Sudan doesn’t know how precious he is. His eye is a sad black dot in his massive wrinkled face as he wanders the reserve with his guards.’ Photograph: CB2/ZOB/Brent Stirton/National Geographic What is it like to look at the very last of something? To contemplate the passing of a unique wonder that will soon vanish […]
via ‘Loneliness’ of the Last White Rhino. — THE OLD GUV LEGENDS
Conservation has become a war, and park rangers and poachers are the soldiers. “Hsst!” hisses Charles Myeni. “Leave space!” Silently, the men in his anti-poaching unit spread out as they move through the bush in single file, leaving a few feet between them. Myeni explains his command to me: If a rhinoceros poacher attacks us and […]
#AceNewsReport – Oct.02: After entering his guilty plea today in Miami, U.S. District Judge Jose E. Martinez sentenced Sheridan to a term of 14 months in prison and two years of supervised release: On Aug. 29, 2019, Richard Sheridan, 50, an Irish national from Cottenham, Cambridge, United Kingdom, was arraigned in federal court in Miami, […]
Banner image courtesy of Harman Singh Heer Open letter from the Wildlife Animal Protection Forum South Africa to the Republic of South Africa, The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries. 15thAugust 2019 Attention: The Minister of the Environment, Forestry and Fisheries “Their Future is Dark” THE RHINO HORN TRADE 2019 The history surrounding the demand […]
via “Their Future Is Dark.” The Rhino Horn Trade in 2019 — International Wildlife Bond
