Tag: rhinos
Preventive dehorning of rhinos leads to decline in rhino poaching
Illegal hunting of the mammal fell by almost half in May and June 2024 compared to the same period a year earlier, in a park in Kwazulu-Natal, according to figures…
Reintroduction program for 2,000 white rhinos begins in South Africa
Forty specimens were released into private reserves in the province of KwaZulu-Natal. These animals belonged to the mega rhino farm which was privately owned and which was sold to the…
Extinct rhinos return – after several decades
After the rhinos were wiped out for several decades in Kenya, the ungulates have now taken their first steps on the grass in the Kenyan national park.– It has been…
The number of rhinos is increasing in Africa
full screen Almost 23,300 rhinos roamed the African continent at the end of last year. Archive image. Photo: Renee Graham/AP/TT The number of rhinos on the African continent increased last…
The number of rhinos is increasing in Africa
“With this good news, we can breathe a sigh of relief for the first time in a decade,” says Michael Knight, who represents the IUCN. The Union has compiled estimates…
Fewer rhinos are being shot – because of poaching
full screen In recent years, fewer and fewer rhinos have been shot in the Kruger National Park in South Africa. But one reason could be that previous poaching has reduced…
Fewer rhinos are being shot – because of poaching
According to the South African authorities, increased surveillance of the park is to some extent behind the reduction, but also the fact that the rhino population itself has fallen –…
white rhinos reintroduced in Garamba Park
The northern white rhinoceros disappeared in the 2000s due to poaching. It took until this year for a group of southern white rhinos to be released into Garamba National Park,…
a farm of 2000 white rhinos sold at auction
In South Africa, a farm that brings together nearly 2,000 white rhinos – or 13% of the world’s population of this species – has been put up for sale by…
The number of rhinos continues to decrease, but the worst threat of extinction is easing for some species
The situation of the Sumatran rhinoceros is grim and the second subspecies of the big rhinoceros is already practically extinct. 23.8. 16:31•Updated 23.8. 16:42 80 percent of all the world’s…