‘Two-thirds of the world’s five rhino species could be lost in our lifetime’
Ahead of World Rhino Day, International Rhino Foundation sounds alarm
Run-up to World Rhino Day 2023: Poaching, climate change & habitat loss threaten global population
African and Indonesian rhinos are critically endangered and near threatened
Activists divided on rhino poaching numbers in South Africa
The numbers of rhinos killed in 2015 range between 1,160 and 1,500
Fighting rhino poaching in India, CSI-style
A tool developed in South Africa could help catch poachers in India
Sumatran rhino is now extinct in Malaysia
Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in the country, passed away on November 23, 2019
Assam floods: about 250 animals, including 17 rhinos dead in Kaziranga
The death toll is likely to rise after the entire floodwater gets out of the park
Eight including three guards arrested in rhino poaching case
Investigations likely to unveil a big poaching nexus, sources say
Northern white rhino on verge of extinction
Only six members left after male’s death on Friday
South Africa moves 100 rhinos to neighbouring countries
Measure taken to prevent animals from being poached
Rhino poachers arrested near Kaziranga
They were found carrying a rifle and a fake rhino horn, say forest officials
Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino dies
Tam died on the afternoon of May 27 local time of old age illnesses
Unable to contain poaching, South Africa shifts rhinos to secret locations
The government hopes these measures will protect the fast-diminishing rhino population
Book Excerpt: When Assam seemed unwilling to share its rhinos
Arupjyoti Saikia relates the circumstances surrounding the translocation of rhinos from Kaziranga to Dudhwa in the early 1980s in his new book
What is the best time for rhino translocation in Assam? December, says study
Adult rhinos are the best candidates for translocation, a new study has said
Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question
Over the past nine years 5,940 African rhinos have been killed for their horns
Climate Change: Southern Africa’s temperatures to rise beyond rhinos’ tolerance, finds study
Namibia’s Etosha National Park and Eswatini’s Hlane National Park will most likely become too hot for rhinos
10 Most Critically Endangered Animals in the world
These 10 species are the most likely to go extinct in the next few years
African tourism surging, but challenges remain
Security concerns, poaching are undermining efforts to promote tourism in the continent
One of last six northern white rhinos dies in US zoo
The world now has only one male animal of the critically endangered species
More than 1,300 rhinos fell to poaching in Africa in 2015: IUCN
Poaching of rhinos is fuelled by the demand for their horns in Southeast Asia
World’s last male northern white rhino placed under armed guard
40-year-old Sudan is guarded 24 hours by rangers at Ol Pejeta in Kenya
Freight workers unaware of wildlife smuggling tactics
Traffickers disguise illegal commodities as common cargo
Sotheby’s and Bonhams not to auction rhino horns from now on
A third leading auction house, Christie’s already has a policy in place to not auction such products
Rhino horn consumers reveal why a legal trade alone won’t save rhinos
Consumers show a strong preference for wild rhinos and do not believe that horns from semi-wild or farmed rhinos have the same medicinal effects
Rhinos should be conserved in Africa, not moved to Australia
The estimated $4-million expenditure is almost double the anti-poaching budget for South African National Parks