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We are dealing with an unprecedented level of illegal trade in rhino horn, which threatens to dismantle decades of conservation…View Full Release »
De-horning rhinos is one method sometimes used to discourage poachers. The procedure does not harm the rhino, which is immobilized…View Full Release »
Two Sumatran rhino skulls collected by Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia. The one on the…View Full Release »
In addition to their horns, rhinos have been killed through the ages for their meat and skin. In India, the…View Full Release »
Rhinos are sometimes de-horned to discourage poaching. This rhino from Zimbabwe has been tranquilized for the procedure, which causes the…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 Wildlife Conservation Network (WCN) held its annual public Expo at San Francisco’s Mission Bay Conference Center last Saturday, featuring…View Full Release »
Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis), Pittsburgh Zoo It might seem strange, but the first members of the rhino family to appear on…View Full Release »
It appears that one of the earliest uses of rhino horn by our own species was for forensic purposes – to…View Full Release »
Unfortunately, the rhino poaching crisis is nothing new. Throughout history these large land mammals have been subject to periods of…View Full Release »