Officials in north-eastern India are on alert for poachers after surging flood waters forced endangered rhinos, Asiatic elephants, a variety of deer and other animals to leave a game reserve. full story ![]()

In South Africa, campaigns to stop rhino poaching increase, but the poaching escalates too
abcnews.com (30 days ago)
The big idea: Can a for-profit big-game farm in South Africa be the answer to saving the endangered African black rhino? The scenario: In 2011, the black rhino was close to extinction. Poaching rhino for the black-market sale of their horns was the primary cause of a precipitous population decline. At the time, rhino horns could command up to $60,000 a kilogram on the...
washingtonpost.com (2 months and 10 days ago)
Rhino poachers in action.The men behind this killing were later caught, one of them sentenced to 40 years in prison.
palmbeachpost.com (3 months and 3 days ago)
Rhino horn is now more expensive (by weight) than gold or cocaine and as a result rhino poaching is reaching epidemic proportions. The number of rhino's lost to poaching in South Africa climbed from 300 in 2010 to 668 in 2012! 232 rhinos have already been killed in 2013. And these numbers only represent South Africa! Rhino poaching is on the rise in East Africa as well....
huffingtonpost.com (22 days ago)
A game reserve in South Africa's Western Cape is using some rather unusual methods to conserve the local rhino population and ensure its cheetahs reproduce.
palmbeachpost.com (29 days ago)

A game reserve in South Africa's Western Cape is using some rather unusual methods to conserve the local rhino population and ensure its cheetahs reproduce.
bbci.co.uk (29 days ago)

Some conservationists and private rhino farmers are lobbying for removal of the international ban on rhino horn trading and the creation of a legal marketIn the face of rampant rhino poaching in South Africa, some conservationists and private rhino farmers are lobbying for removal of the international ban on rhino horn trading and the creation of a legal market, to quell...
guardian.co.uk (1 month and 5 days ago)
RHINO poaching is threatening the population of the African animals, with one killed every 11 hours.
news.com.au (2 months and 27 days ago)
VIENNA (Reuters) - Growing Asian demand for ivory and rhino horn as gifts and hangover cures - not for traditional medicine - is fuelling a poaching boom, international officials said on Tuesday, demanding stiffer penalties for traffickers.
reuters.com (30 days ago)

A U.S. firm recently gave smart phones to some game rangers in South Africa to help them track poachers who kill rhinos for their horns. An anti-poaching ad campaign in Vietnam, a key illegal …
azstarnet.com (30 days ago)
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