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, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Our scientists and game rangers have pioneered the technique of dehorning rhinos to make them less attractive targets for poachers.