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Commercial-scale poaching is emerging as a significant concern in East Africa’s tourism jewel, the Serengeti-Maasai Mara ...
Poaching rates dropped by more than half in African reserves where veterinarians removed the animals’ horns, which are in ...
Poachers have killed two extremely rare white giraffes, a mother and her calf, in northeast Kenya, leaving behind only one white giraffe in the world.
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Smithsonian Magazine on MSNDehorning Rhinos Curbs Poaching, New Study FindsPoaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every ...
A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a ...
Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have ...
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AllAfrica on MSNAfrica: All of Africa Today - June 16, 2025At Least 100 People Killed in Armed Attack in NigeriaAt least 100 people were killed in an overnight attack in Benue State. Herders and farmers have been fighting over access to land and water, ...
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AllAfrica on MSNSouth Africa: Dehorning Rhinos Tips the Balance Against Poaching - New StudyAnalysis - Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have plummeted from over 10,000 rhinos in 2010 to around 2,600 in ...
The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study.
Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than ...
It is believed the horns have medicinal properties, and they fetch huge prices on the black market, particularly in Asia.
Together, managers and scientists gathered seven years of rhino poaching data across 2.4 million hectares in the north-eastern region of South Africa and western Mozambique. During this time ...
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