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FILE: A white rhino and her calf at Kruger National Park, South Africa. (pixabay.com)

Rhino

White rhino reintroduced to key Mozambique park

By Eyewitness News

The mammals returned to Zinave National Park for the first time in more than 40 years.

  • FILE: Aquila Collection owner Searl Derman said he was elated and described the calf's birth as a moment of hope in the preservation of these endangered species. Picture: Pixabay

    Rhino gives birth to healthy calf after surviving poaching attack

    Four other rhinos were killed in the December attack and had their horns removed.

    98 days ago
  • Four rhinos have been killed at Inverdoorn Private Game Reserve. Image:  Aquila Collection website.

    SA saw 29% drop in rhino poaching in 2021 but more than 450 rhinos killed - dept

    The Environmental Affairs Department on Tuesday said that this was a 24% drop in rhino poaching compared to 2019.

    182 days ago
  • FILE: After a chase the exhausted female slipped into a waterhole, at which point zookeepers lured the male away from her. Picture: pixabay.com

    Rhino drowns at Dutch zoo in mating mishap

    Elena was 'startled' by the arrival of a male white rhino named Limpopo at the Wildlands zoo in the eastern city of Emmen near the German border.

    326 days ago
  • FILE: Massmart employees participate in a protest in Sandton on 28 May 2021 against the potential closure of stores and job cuts. Picture: Veronica Mokhoali/Eyewitness News

    Massmart employees protest in Sandton over potential closure of stores

    The group is demanding, among other things, an end to the consultation process that could result in major job cuts.

    438 days ago
  • FILE: A sedated rhino has its GPS tags checked to make sure they match its DNA sample. Picture: Eyewitness News.

    Conservationists concerned about resurgence in rhino poaching under level 1

    Conservationists are concerned that with the economic downturn caused by the coronavirus and the decline of tourism, many people are desperate, and some may turn to poaching.

    686 days ago
  • FILE: A young lion looks towards the Nairobi skyline at the Nairobi national park. Picture: AFP.

    As city encroaches on Nairobi park, wild animals freedom to roam is under threat

    The Kenya Wildlife Service has proposed a 10-year plan to fence land along the southern boundary to reduce conflict between people and animals.

    755 days ago
  • FILE: Rhino horns seized at the OR Tambo International Airport in January. Picture: Supplied

    OR Tambo Airport customs officials seize R115 mn in rhino horns

    Customs officials at OR Tambo International Airport have discovered 41 pieces of rhino horn valued at R115.66 million in a consignment declared as 'fine art'.

    756 days ago
  • FILE: A black rhino. Picture: Pixabay.com

    Rhinos in Kenya face a new threat: drug-resistant bacteria - study

    Scientists behind a study in a recent issue of New York-based academic journal EcoHealth discovered that bacteria samples found in the endangered animals in Ruma National Park, a protected area on the shores of Lake Victoria, had developed alarming levels of antibiotic resistance.

    909 days ago
  • The Rhino911 team. Picture: Refilwe Pitjeng/EWN.

    Rhino911 comes up with new measures to curb poaching

    EWN Lifestyle took part in a helicopter tagging mission, where two rhino were being labelled in an attempt to curb poaching of the animals.

    1387 days ago
  • A rhino. Picture: pixabay.com

    Zimbabwe to donate 10 white rhinos to Congo

    The rhinos were being captured and would be moved from Victoria Falls later this week or early next, according to a spokesperson.

    1436 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: EWN.

    R40m worth of rhino horn stolen from Zim's national parks strong-room

    A board of inquiry has said that in total, 56 rhino horns went missing from the strong-room at the national parks headquarters.

    1912 days ago
  • Rhino are in danger of going extinct. Picture: Supplied.

    Thailand seizes rhino horns worth $5 million in biggest haul for years

    Thai customs have confiscated 21 rhino horns with an estimated value of nearly $5 million (4.12 million pounds) in the biggest such seizure in Thailand for years.

    1974 days ago
  • Rhino in the Kruger National Park. Picture: Kgothatso Mogale/EWN.

    Experts to crackdown on illegal rhino horn trade in Vietnam, Mozambique

    The two countries have with the highest profiles on the illegal trade of rhino horn.

    2136 days ago
  • Picture: Facebook.

    Call for tourists to support anti-rhino poaching drive

    Tourists passing through Kamieskroon have been encouraged to join or support the initiative.

    2159 days ago
  • FILE: Nola, one of a handful of remaining northern white rhinos left in the world, has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Picture: San Diego Zoo Safari Park.

    Hawks investigating well-known farmer for possession of rhino horns

    Police arrested Pieter van Zyl and two alleged accomplices in a sting operation last Wednesday.

    2185 days ago
  • Picture: Christa Eybers/EWN.

    Trio arrested for allegedly intending to sell rhino horns to undercover agent

    The Hawks team also seized 105 rhino horns worth millions at the suspects's hide-out house.

    2186 days ago
  • Here, he spends his days eating bales of hay spiced with alfalfa, and is served carrots and bananas with his supplements at four oclock. He usually wanders over to grunt at the female rhinos, feeding next door, but to no avail. Then its naptime. Picture: Nastasya Tay.

    [LISTEN] ‘Ban on rhino trade doesn't help fight against poaching'

    In an interview with 702’s Stephen Grootes, the Private Rhino Owners Association’s Pelham Jones discusses the recent attack at a private game reserve & whether the ban on rhino trade is actually effective.

    2240 days ago
  • FILE: Picture: Big Game Parks.

    City of Tshwane saddened by dehorning of two white

    The City of Tshwane says the killing of the rhino has dealt a blow to its conservation efforts.

    2264 days ago
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