Rhino poaching had once been epidemic in Africa, with tens of thousands of animals slaughtered and whole countries stripped of the animals, largely to obtain horns used for traditional medicines ...

Mafikeng, South Africa (CNN)-- Across the South African bushveld a small white helicopter chased a rhino, one of Africa's most endangered animals. Eventually, over the din of the chopper blades ...

South Africa continues to see a downward trend in rhino poaching, with statistics showing that 420 of the animals were ...

A rhino conservation group has warned the poaching crisis is far from over, saying conviction rates remain low.

driven by the lucrative black market for their horns. Poaching devastates the rhino population and has broader ecological and ...

and use it as “ink” to print fake rhino horns in 3D. The company hopes that by flooding the market with counterfeit horns, it can drive down the price of real horns so far that poaching will ...

South Africa's rhino poaching declined by 16 percent last year when a total of 420 rhinos were poached for their horns, 79 less than those poached in 2023, according to Dion George, minister of ...

Internationally, the rhino horn trade was banned by the ... incentives for poachers to risk their lives to acquire horns through poaching." A year after the ban was passed, South Africa lost ...

The global rhino population has fallen by 95% since 1900, mainly due to poaching. Now an atomic approach is being used to stop the poachers in South Africa by placing radioactive material into the ...

Poaching crews often pay trackers to find ... have been implicated in plots to smuggle horns out of the country. Not all rhino horns enter Vietnam illegally. South African law, which complies ...

The latest rhino poaching report has revealed a decrease in poaching numbers in South Africa, but concerns remain as certain areas continue to see escalating poaching activities. The report, which ...