Category: Poaching

We are dealing with an unprecedented level of illegal trade in rhino horn, which threatens to dismantle decades of conservation…View Full Release »

This white rhino has one droopy ear, the result of getting its head caught in a wire snare. The wire…View Full Release »

Skulls of rhinos killed in Swaziland during the 1980s, a gruesome reminder of the period that local people refer to…View Full Release »

Superstitious Rhino poachers in southern Africa rely on muti, potions or fetishes they believe protect them from being caught or…View Full Release »

Arief Rubianto, who manages IRF-supported Rhino Protection Units in Sumatra, Indonesia, meets a trio of white rhinos in Swaziland’s Mkyaha…View Full Release »

Standard procedures undertaken at the scene of a rhino poaching incident can be critical to the ultimate arrest and conviction…View Full Release »

Dogs are playing an increasingly important role in African rhino anti-poaching efforts. The Belgian Malinois is one of the breeds…View Full Release »

The Javan rhino is the rarest of the world’s five remaining rhino species, having lost most of its Asian tropical…View Full Release »

The numbers are in. The government of South Africa recently announced that a record 1,004 rhinos were poached last year,…View Full Release »

The emerging debate around the recent announcement of the Dallas Safari Club’s plans to auction a trophy hunt for a…View Full Release »