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Has rhino poaching decreased, or are we running out of rhinos?
A strategic report on poaching just released by the Department of Environmental Affairs shows that fewer rhinos but more elephants are being…
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On the trail of Asia’s shifting rhino-horn market
As long as consumers want rhino horn, South Africa will lose its rhinos to the slow, agonising blows of the…
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DA calls for urgent action in rhino poaching crisis
DA MP Ross Purdon tabled a parliamentary motion this week calling on government departments to revisit this national rhino poaching crisis with…
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Rhino Poaching Stats: Slight Decrease But still Far Too High
The small decrease in overall poaching in 2017 has been overshadowed by a growing concern for the increase and broadening…
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Herbst: Dysfunctional legislators – creating mother of all environmental bombs
CAPE TOWN — If you thought our courts were the last redoubt in the defence of our Constitutional democracy, consider…
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South Africa: The Fight Against Poaching Must Shift to Empowering Communities
Wildlife crimes – like rhino poaching, overfishing or the harvesting of cycads – were once considered a “green” matter. But…
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South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction ends in risky impasse
Private rhino horn owner John Hume recently held South Africa’s first online rhino horn auction, a major event in the…
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Why allowing the sale of horn stockpiles is a setback for rhinos in the wild
A South African court has ordered the government to release a permit to the world’s largest rhino breeder, John Hume.…
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Rhino horns under virtual hammer: Comment on the proposed online rhino horn auction
The Endangered Wildlife Trust (EWT) is watching with trepidation the brazen online rhino horn auction (www.rhinohornauction.com) that was supposed to…
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First Legal Rhino Horn auction scheduled in South Africa
With the Department of Environmental Affairs stalling the first legal rhino horn auction actually happening remains to be seen. Update…
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Chinese underworld exposed (Namibia)
The unprecedented growth of Chinese immigration has brought with it the feared Chinese organised crime syndicates called triads, who are…
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At least 295 rhinos killed in Limpopo transfrontier park | Club of Mozambique
At least 295 rhinos have been killed so far this year in the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park (GLTP), including four…
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Molewa outlines plans to sell rhino horn and wildlife
OPINION: Rhino – a commodity for sale? South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is increasingly seeing wildlife as a commodity…
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How SA can lose the second rhino war
As South Africa continues to lose rhinos in the poaching war, it seems that the government is failing those fighting…
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FAILURE TO PROSECUTE AND MIXED MESSAGES: How South Africa can single-handedly lose the second rhino war – Report
RECOMMENDATIONS SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD APPOINT A SPECIAL COURT TO DEAL WITH ALL RHINO HORN CASES SOUTH AFRICA SHOULD VIGOROUSLY PROSECUTE…
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The big problem with legalising rhino horn sales
Last month Environmental Affairs Minister Edna Molewa made two announcements relating to rhinos in South Africa. The big news was…
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ANALYSIS: Lies, damned lies and rhino statistics
A 10% fall in poaching last year is not the good news it appears to be — especially considering SA…
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Minister Molewa highlights progress on Integrated Strategic Management of Rhinoceros
This statement covers the period January through December 2016, which is inclusive of the period September to December 2016. …
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Renosterplan skok
Minister onverskillig en slu, sê drukgroepe Enigiemand sal voortaan twee renosterhorings “vir persoonlike doeleindes” mag landuit neem as voorgenome regulasies…
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Wildlife Trafficking: The Sordid Connection
Main Photo: Ivory jewellery for sale in Laos, which is part of a high wildlife trafficking area of Asian known…