Rhino Horn: Scientific Analysis Finds No Medical Properties [Video]
Centuries-old superstitions originating in China about rhino horn have made rhinos one of the world’s most endangered species. Yet the evidence is clear: Rhino horn contains no medical properties. In...
View ArticleRhino Poacher Killed by Guards at Orang National Park
Forest guards at Assam’s Orang National Park have shot and killed a rhino poacher. Forest guards at Rajiv Gandhi Orang National Park finally prevailed after a 30 minute gun battle with a gang of three...
View ArticleThree Arrested in South Africa for Smuggling Rhino Horn to Vietnam Just...
Three men were arrested as they tried to smuggle rhino horn to Vietnam just before the World Cup opening. Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport have arrested three men for attempting to...
View ArticleTragic Update: Two Rhinos – Not One – Killed at Kruger National Park During...
An updated media release from SANParks states that not one – but two – rhinos were killed at Kruger National Park over the weekend. Sadly, it appears that two female rhinos were killed by poachers at...
View ArticleVietnamese Rhino Horn Smuggler Sentenced to 10 Years by South African Court
A 10-year jail sentence has been given to a Vietnamese man who attempted to smuggle rhino horns out of South Africa. The Kempton Park Magistrate’s Court has sentenced a Vietnamese man to 10 years in...
View ArticleTwo More Rhinos Butchered as South Africa’s World Cup Murders Continue
Poachers struck again during the World Cup, leaving behind the mutilated bodies of two rhinos. Two female rhinos were the latest victims of South Africa’s poaching epidemic that has brazenly continued...
View ArticleRhino Horn Stolen from UK Museum Could Contain Arsenic
Ingesting antique rhino horn could be deadly. In the latest European rhino horn robbery, thieves broke into Ipswich museum and ripped the horn from a greater one-horned rhinoceros exhibit. According to...
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