rhino
New arrival is conservation boost for endangered Sumatran rhinos
A Sumatran rhinoceros calf has been born at an Indonesian sanctuary in a welcome success for efforts to save the critically endangered species. The...
Poaching shame: More than 1,200 rhinos killed for their horns last year
Nearly 1,200 rhinos were killed by poachers in South Africa last year in another catalogue of carnage fuelled by Asian-led demand for their horn, officials...
Poaching fears grow as judge lifts domestic ban on sale of rhino horn
A judge lifted a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn in South Africa on Thursday, alarming conservationists who say it will intensify the slaughter...
And then there were three: Rare northern white rhino dies in captivity
A northern white rhinoceros - one of just four remaining worldwide - has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. The 41-year-old female...
South African rhino survives horrific attack by poachers
The rhino’s rescuers gave her a name: Hope. Poachers in South Africa had darted the rhino with a tranquilizer and hacked off her horns while she...
South Africa reveals rhino poaching is hitting new record levels
South Africa has revealed that more rhinos were poached in the first four months of 2015 than in the same period last year as the scourge continues to...
Crisis talks called to save rare rhino from extinction
Conservationists and scientists met in Kenya this week to come up with a last ditch plan to save the northern white rhinoceros from extinction, and they...
Endangered rhino species ‘could die out’ as remaining pairs won’t mate naturally
The experiment to fly four highly endangered rhinos from a Czech Republic zoo to Mount Kenya in East Africa in the hope the natural environment would help...
Protection from poachers: South African park considers evacuating rhino
South Africa’s Kruger National Park is considering a plan to move some rhinos out of the flagship wildlife reserve in an attempt to protect them...
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