Across South Africa, removing the the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the question: What is a rhino without its horns?

Radioactive rhinoceros horns may deter poaching. Story by Julianne Hodges • 10mo. T hrough a collaboration between Texas A&M University, University of Witwatersrand, ...

There are around 17,500 white rhinos and 6,500 black rhinos left, but black rhino numbers were reduced by poaching from 70,000 in 1970 to less than 2,500 by the time poaching reached a crisis ...

Rhino poaching may be substantially reduced by removing the reason so many rhinos are poached in the first place: their highly valued horns. Dehorning rhinos dramatically drops the poaching rate ...

The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat.

Rhino Resource Center, 2014, "Chemical horn infusions: a poaching deterrent or an unnecessary deception? International Fund for Animal Welfare, June 2, 2017, " why some creative poaching solutions ...

Rhino poaching has been reduced by almost 80% since their iconic horns were removed by conservationists. Dehorning more than 2,000 of the endangered species to reduce incentives for poaching led ...

Since the rhino poaching case came to light, authorities have confiscated these weapons from residents. In the 100 years since Ujung Kulon was established as a protected area, several locals made ...

Researchers are injecting radioactive material into the horns of rhinos as part of a project to discourage poaching. The team inserted isotopes into 20 rhino horns which would be used to find the ...

COLUMN. According to a study conducted in 11 South African reserves between 2017 and 2023, dehorning reduced poaching by 78%.

Three suspects, aged between 35 and 45, were arrested for the illegal possession and sale of rhinoceros horns worth almost ...

Rhino horns regrow. Courtesy Timothy Kuiper Our study's headline result was that dehorning rhinos to reduce incentives for poaching achieved a 78% reduction in poaching (average reduction across ...