South Africa recorded 499 rhinos poached in 2023, ... Rhino poaching in South Africa increases in 2023. By Reuters. February 27, 2024 2:15 PM UTC Updated February 27, 2024 ...

Wade Hill is the founder of Warriors 4 Rhinos, a non-profit that benefits a rhino sanctuary in South Africa, where he continues his work. Hill immigrated from the country when he was 16 and moved ...

LONDON and PRETORIA -- Rhino poaching increased in South Africa in 2023, the government said. The new data, released by South African officials, shows 2023 saw a total of 499 Rhinos poached across ...

Rhino poaching on the rise in South Africa, where 499 were taken last year. Rhinos are poached for their horns, which are used in East Asian countries to make traditional medicines and jewelry.

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 ...

South Africa recorded 229 rhinos poached in the first half of 2024, a slight decline from the same period last year, and the government said global cooperation is essential to save the rare animals.

Last year, a record 448 rhinos were poached in South Africa. Demand for rhino horn among a growing Asian middle class is believed to be driving the poaching spike in South Africa and elsewhere in ...

Rhino poachers have turned their attention to South Africa’s oldest state-run nature reserve where they killed 307 of the endangered animals last year. The shift to the Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park in ...

South African conservation nonprofit African Parks will release 2,000 southern white rhinoceroses into the wild over the next decade after purchasing the largest captive rhino breeding outfit in ...

African Parks will also have to raise funds to relocate the animals, which can weigh more than 5,000 pounds. It costs about $1,500 to move a single rhino by land within South Africa; $5,500 per ...

South Africa’s black rhino population received a boost this week with the announcement of a multi-million rand partnership between WWF and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, one of Africa’s most successful rhino ...

A decade after surviving an attack by poachers, a white rhino pair were killed in a South African game reserve, officials said. The Schotia Safaris Private Game Reserve announced its “beloved ...