To protect the species, international trade of rhino horn was outlawed under CITES in 1977. Soon after, a sophisticated international poaching industry emerged to hunt for horns, involving ...

Controversial rhino horn sales eyed as solution to poaching crisis 13:18. We think of the rhinoceros lumbering through the bush on its tank-like body; a magnificent, if cumbersome, creature of the ...

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, ...

As a result, 2.2 lbs. (1 kilogram) of rhino horn can fetch up to $100,000 on the black market, creating a strong incentive for poaching, said Matthew Markus, CEO of Pembient. Faux ivory ...

The claim that a company 3D-printed fake rhino horns and plans to combat poaching is PARTLY FALSE, based on our research. There was an effort along these lines, but the timeline presented in this ...

Rhino poaching surges across Africa amid virus pandemic 02:27. South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts ...

It was 2011 when Hoang, a Vietnamese American, first learned about rhino horn poaching. That same year, the Javan rhino was deemed extinct in his home country , and rhinos elsewhere were being ...

Late at night in his dorm room, Huyen Hoang was about to fall asleep when he could not shake off what he saw — a photo of a rhinoceros dead and dehorned in Vietnam. It was 2011 when Hoang, a ...