Category: Poaching

  Rhino dogs are hard-hitting, frontline soldiers in the fight to save rhinos. They’re loyal, agile, tenacious and brave —…View Full Release »

Our featured Rhino Champions for June are the Rhino Protection Units who patrol the forests of Indonesia to protect Sumatran…View Full Release »

Some training programs require staff to don full-body, protective suits when training dogs for rhino anti-poaching patrols.

Driven by demand from growing markets in Vietnam and China, the poaching crisis in Africa continues. Well-equipped, highly-organized, and dangerous…View Full Release »

  The population of Sun Bear (Helarctos malayanus) is being threatened by illegal hunting in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park…View Full Release »

The international rhino poaching crisis has now reached Europe. Conservation groups across the world are saddened to hear of the…View Full Release »

After a rigorous interview process and intense training, the new RPU teams are ready to start patrolling Bukit Barisan Selatan…View Full Release »

The story of the Greater One-horned, or Indian rhino, is an incredible one. Down to fewer than 200 animals at…View Full Release »

In the midst of continuing rampant poaching in Africa, IRF’s core values – hard work, passion, partnership, and optimism –…View Full Release »

IRF believes that the rhino horn trade should not be legalized until there are convincing data indicating that legalization will…View Full Release »