South Africa has not submitted a legal rhino horn trade proposal for the upcoming CITES CoP16. The first provisional list of proposals for amendment of […]
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South Africa: 430 Rhinos Killed in 277 Days
South Africa’s rhino death toll has reached a staggering 430 since January 2012 — just 18 shy of the record-breaking total of 448 rhinos killed […]
Nepal: 14 Rhino Horn Traffickers Sentenced to Jail
The Supreme Court of Nepal has upheld the 2008 guilty verdicts of 14 people convicted of rhino crimes and sentenced all of them to prison. […]
South Africa: 381 Rhinos Killed in 255 Days
Rhinos are being illegally killed at the rate of about 1.5 per day in South Africa, as the year’s death toll has already reached 381, […]
Rhino Horn Shipment from Mozambique Seized in Philippines
Customs officials in the Philippines seized six rhino horns hidden among 300 sacks of cashew nuts in a shipment which arrived from Mozambique. The shipper […]
South Africa: 373 Rhinos Killed in 248 Days
The massacre of South Africa’s iconic rhinos continues unabated, as the latest figures released by the government show a staggering 373 rhinos killed since the […]
South Africa: Game Farmers Sentenced to Jail for Rhino Killing Scheme
Two KwaZulu-Natal game farmers identified as Ewart Potgieter and Riaan Vermaak have been sentenced to prison by the Vryheid Regional Court in connection with their […]
Rhinos: From South Africa to Vietnam — via Thailand?
South African game farmers and reserve owners may be utilizing Thailand as a transit point so that rhino exports to Vietnam can continue without scrutiny. […]
#CITES Meeting Discusses Elephants, Rhinos, Tigers and More
In Geneva this week, the 62nd Meeting of the Standing Committee of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora […]
Report: Asian, African Countries Failing to Control Illegal Wildlife Trade
A “wildlife crime scorecard” released by WWF reveals that laws prohibiting commercial trade in rhinos, tigers, and elephants remain poorly enforced throughout Asia and Africa. […]