GUY ROGERS Concerns raised after second incident in province in matter of days Rhino poachers have struck again in the Eastern Cape, killing a mother and leaving her calf orphaned. This time the incident took place at the Great Fish River…
In the first three months of 2025, five provinces in South Africa lost 103 rhinos due to poaching, averaging at 34.33 rhinos per month. “The loss of 103 rhinos to poaching in the first three months of 2025 is a stark reminder of the…
R100K reward to net rhino poachers as private reserves undertake massive dehorning campaign Local game reserves have undertaken a massive campaign to dehorn their rhinos in a bid to save the animals from being killed by poachers. SIbuya…
‘An incredible story of courage and survival that has now been obliterated’ is how wildlife veterinarian Dr William Fowlds has described the killing this week of two orphaned survivors of a 2016 rhino poaching incident at Sibuya Game…
The sentencing of six rhino poachers convicted in the Makhanda High Court just over a month ago will be postponed until four of them who escaped from prison are traced. Francis Chitiyo, Trymore Chauke, Simba Masinge , Nhamo Muyambo, and…
Three SANParks employees were arrested after they were found in possession of fresh rhino horn at the Kruger National Park. The three staff members were arrested during an intelligence-driven operation between SANParks and the SA police…
The World Wildlife Fund for Nature (WWF) on Monday welcomed the reported decline in the number of rhinos and elephants lost to poaching in SA. The department of environment‚ forestry and fisheries reported that the number of rhinos lost…
A notorious rhino poacher, who dragged out his court trial for nearly 10 years, is back behind bars to serve a lengthy new jail term – but two of his accomplices walked free on March 26 after paying “slap on the wrist” monetary fines that…
The World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) has expressed concern over China’s announcement that it has legalised the use of tiger bone and rhino horn from captive-bred animals by hospitals and domestic trade. “It is deeply concerning that China…
Six members of a syndicate implicated in “massive trafficking of poached rhino horns” from wildlife reserves‚ destined for sale in Asia via Gauteng middlemen‚ have been arrested. Two policemen and a former policeman were caught alongside…
Two suspected poachers have been killed in a shootout with police in the Loskop Nature Reserve in Mpumalanga. Brigadier Vishnu Naidoo said a member of the Special Task Force (STF) was wounded in the standoff on Saturday night. “The team‚…
