Global demand for the horns fuels both crude poaching networks in southern African countries (the heartland of the black rhino) and larger organised crime networks. Photojournalist Brent Stirton is ...

This is according to Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment Dion George, who released the 2024 rhino poaching statistics ... 2023 and 2024. Image: Supplied/Department of Forestry ...

South Africa continues to see a downward trend in rhino poaching, with the 2024 statistics showing that 499 rhinos were poached in 2023, compared to 420 last year -- a decrease of 79. "As we ...