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Community and technology behind Nepal zero rhino poaching year

Nepal’sChitwanNationalPark(CNP)recordedazerorhinopoachingyearforthefifthtimesince2011.Thegovernmentandconservationgroupsareusingcommunity-ledinitiativesandtechn

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One-horned rhino witnesses marginal rise in India

India’siconicGreatOne-hornedRhinos(GOHR)populationhasincreasedto2413,upby12individuals,inKazirangaNationalPark(KNP),acensusreportrevealed.Thelastcensusin2015est

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Sudan, the world's last male northern white rhino, dies aged 45

Sudan,thelastmalenorthernwhiterhino,hasdiedinKenyaattheageof45,afterbecomingasymbolofeffortstosavehissubspeciesfromextinction,afatethatonlysciencecannowprevent.

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World's last male northern white rhino dies in Kenya: keepers

ThelastmalenorthernwhiterhinohasdiedinKenyaattheageof45,hiskeepersannouncedTuesday,leavingonlytwofemalesofhissubspeciesalive.Therhino,namedSudan,"wasbeingtreate

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Rhino horn smuggled as jewellery

CriminalnetworkssmugglingrhinohornoutofAfricaareturningitintojewellerytoevadeitsdetectioninairports,aninvestigationhasfound.WildlifetrademonitoringnetworkTraffi

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Online rhino horn auction set to open in South Africa

AnonlineauctionofrhinohornsissettoopenMonday,afteracourtinSouthAfricagavethego-aheadforthesale,whichhasoutragedconservationists.SouthAfricanauthoritieshadmovedt

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Kenyan authorities hunt rhino killers in animal sanctuary

Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) rangers are pursuing suspected poachers who on Monday killed a female rhino and cut away its horns in a private sanctuary in central Kenya.

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Using AK-47s and night-vision goggles, Indian poachers make unwelcome return to hunt rare rhinos

As night falls over the lush plains of India’s Kaziranga national park, a small group of lightly armed forest guards sets out on foot to protect the world’s largest population of one-horned rhinos

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South African president unveils anti-rhino poaching centre

​South African President Jacob Zuma on Sunday unveiled an anti-rhino poaching centre in the Kruger National Park (KNP) as rhino poaching continues unabated.

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Kenyan policeman, Congolese arrested with 600 kg of rhino horns

​Kenyan authorities arrested in Nairobi a police officer and two other suspects including a Congolese related to smuggling 600 kilogrammes of rhino horns.

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S. Africans join global march for protection of endangered wildlife

​South Africans on Saturday joined a global march to raise awareness for the protection of elephants, rhinos and lions.