Two years ago, most of us didn’t know what ‘lockdowns’ meant. Now, we all wince at the word, knowing just how tough it is to remain in your own home for 90% of the day, 24/7. As difficult as the...
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On Monday 7th May 2012, four trained, fully kitted, burly bushmen headed on foot to explore the game reserves of South Africa.
Ok, so we weren’t bushmen, but city dwellers with lots of wide-e...
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Today we saw an incredibly powerful image by Brent Stirton win the Wildlife Photographer of the Year 2017. His image Memorial to a species, frames a recently shot and de-horned black rhino i...
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While on this field trip to Kenya, I heard someone suggest that – rather than being called “Save the Rhino” – we rename ourselves “Save the Ranger”. That’s not too far off what we really...
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Namibia has had its fair share of challenges in rhino conservation from both the resurgent poaching crisis and drought. In light of this, it’s encouraging to hear that our partners in Namibia, S...
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For Rangers Ultra – Day 6 (see day 5 blog)
Today’s stage is the one I’ve been looking forward to most. I know almost nothing of the area as Lolldaiga is not a wildlife conservancy &#...
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Along with the rising poaching toll in South Africa, in the past month, there have been numerous rhino poaching incidents in other African countries including Zimbabwe, Kenya and Namibia. Conservation...
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Winning the battle
Posterity. This is the word most synonymous with worldwide conservation efforts these days. “We must save our wildlife for the generations to come.” “For our child...
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Over the last decade, Viet Nam has been continually recognised as both a transit country and consumer market for endangered wildlife products such as rhino horn and elephant ivory. The demand for ille...
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In May this year, as part of Save the Rhino International’s Michael Hearn Internship Programme, I was lucky enough to visit Namibia, and more specifically Save the Rhino Trust (SRT), an organisation...
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19 suspects have been arrested in the UK after a series of police raids on Tuesday 10 September, as part of an investigation into an international criminal gang linked to the thefts of rhino horn and ...
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Manas National Park had been a place I had heard lots about prior to my visit, partly because of the work SRI has supported there, but also because of the increasing pressures of poaching. However, I ...
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