The threat of drought on rhinos
Right now, poaching is one of the biggest threats facing rhinos. In the last decade, more than 8,300 rhinos have been killed by poachers. But this isn’t the only issue that affects rhino popul...
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Right now, poaching is one of the biggest threats facing rhinos. In the last decade, more than 8,300 rhinos have been killed by poachers. But this isn’t the only issue that affects rhino popul...
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Over the past month, officials in several of India’s national parks have been conducting a rhino census to confirm the country’s total number of Greater one-horned rhinos. So far, the census has b...
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Tune in to a “Rhino Blind Date”!
In this episode, Rihanna the rhino meets three contestants and needs your help to find love this Valentine’s Day.
She will pick her date in the next ...
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Calling on all UK school children! Here’s an exciting competition for you to raise awareness for rhinos at your school. Living Streets currently have a competition to design a badge fo...
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Gland, Switzerland, 9 March 2016 (IUCN) – The number of African rhinos killed by poachers has increased for the sixth year in a row with at least 1,338 rhinos killed by poachers across Africa in 201...
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There is new hope for Sumatran rhinos as a third calf was born on Thursday 24 March at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, in Way Kambas National Park, in Indonesia. The calf, a female, and her mum, Rosa, a...
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Excellent news from Nepal, where the government has reported a further increase in the country’s Greater one-horned rhino population!
The new figures show that the rhino population in Nepal&rsqu...
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One year on from the London Declaration on Illegal Wildlife Trade, politicians and wildlife experts gathered on 25 March for a follow-up meeting in Kasane, Botswana to discuss the urgent action needed...
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27 February 2017: The South African Ministry for Environmental Affairs has today released rhino poaching statistics for 2016, showing a country-wide decline of 10.3% year-on-year, but increased incide...
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Today, we can all heave a – tiny – sigh of relief. The number of rhino poached in South Africa has declined, for the third year in a row.
1,028 rhino were poached in 2017, a slight decline (26) fr...
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Background
Escalating poaching of endangered species and increased seizures of illegal wildlife products at major transportation hubs have been making global headlines this year. This has put pressur...
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Photo credit: Phil Perry
The poaching of a rhino at Parc zoologique de Thoiry is truly shocking. To our knowledge, this is the first incident of its kind in a European zoo.
There have previously been ...
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