Poaching
Rhino Poaching Dips Slightly In South Africa
The number of rhinos killed for their horns by poachers in South Africa dipped slightly in the first half of this year,...
Rhino Kills Conservationist In Rwanda
A conservationist who was training rangers to track and protect black rhinos in Rwanda has been killed by one of the...
African Park Ranger Hits Out At Hong Kong Ivory Trade
A frontline park ranger from the Democratic Republic of Congo on Tuesday delivered an emotive testimony to legislators...
Skin Cure Fad Driving Myanmar Elephant Poaching Surge
Myanmar's wild elephants are being poached in record numbers with at least 20 killed this year due to surging demand...
Earth Is On the Brink of A Sixth Mass Extinction
Earth is now on the brink of its sixth mass extinction and human activity is to blame, experts have warned. In a series...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals, Experts Warn
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Humans Pose Ever-Bigger Extinction Risk To Animals
An ever-expanding human population and exploding demand for food, water and living space, will place animals at...
Nepal Torches Valuable Wildlife Parts
Nepal destroyed thousands of valuable animal skins and other parts seized from poachers on a giant bonfire Monday in a...
Indonesians Arrested Over Sumatran Tiger Poaching
Indonesian authorities have arrested two men on suspicion of poaching Sumatran tigers and seized a skin and bones taken...
Indonesian Rangers Dismantle Traps To Save Wildlife
In the depths of Indonesia's dense Leuser rain forest, a group of rangers are searching for traps set by poachers which...
Black Rhinos To Come Back Home To Rwanda
Around 20 of Africa's endangered Eastern black rhinos are returning in an "extraordinary homecoming" to Rwanda after...
Nepal’s Rhinos On Road To Recovery With Cross-Country Move
All hell broke loose as the one-horned rhino stepped out of the crate, the powerful male charging elephant-mounted...
Rare One-Horned Rhino Killed By Poachers In Nepal
Poachers have shot dead a one-horned rhinoceros at a national wildlife park in Nepal, officials said Sunday,...
SA Court ‘ends Ban On Rhino Horn Sales’
More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year South Africa's top court has dismissed...
S.Africa’s Top Court Opens Up Domestic Trade In Rhino Horn
South Africa's highest court Wednesday rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn,...
Nepal To Relocate Five Rare One-Horned Rhinos
Conservationists on Monday captured a rare one-horned rhinoceros in Nepal as part of an attempt to increase the number...
Hope For Elephants As Ivory Prices Fall
The price of ivory has fallen by nearly two-thirds in the last three years, according to research conducted in China...
Tigers Found Deep In the Thai Jungle Sparks Hope For the Rare Species
Rare wild tigers have been discovered by scientists after the cats wandered past a set of camera traps set deep in the...
Poachers Kill Rare Giant Elephant In Kenya
One of Africa's oldest and largest elephants was killed by poachers in Kenya on Monday, according to a conservation...