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The most common reason for rhino poaching is to meet the high demand for their horns in Asian countries, where the horn is predominantly used in Traditional Chinese Medicine but is increasingly being used as a symbol of wealth and prosperity. [2] In previous generations, the most common rhino poaching activity was hunting for recreational purposes.
Rhino Man released on Apple TV, Google Play, and Vimeo on Demand on the 26th of July 2024 to commemorate the 2nd anniversary of the death of Anton Mzimba. One week later on the 2nd of August 2024, Rhino Man was released on Amazon Prime Video to commemorate the 10th year anniversary of the death of Martin Mthembu. [35] [36]
Due to the constant attacks by poachers who try to catch the endangered animals to take their horns and sell them to the black market, Rhinos have been under the attention of the international ...
The samples were collected from two rhinos that were less than 2 years old, two that were between 3 and 7 years old, two adult rhinos that had given birth at the zoo, and two that had been unable to.
Hemmersbach Rhino Force is a direct action conservation organization acting with a focus on the African rhinos.Rhino Force's main activities consist of anti-poaching rangers in the Greater Kruger National Park, a biobank called Hemmersbach Rhino Force Cryovault to preserve rhino genes and the Black Rhino Reintroduction to bring back rhinos to the Mid Zambezi Valley in Zimbabwe.
Indonesian authorities said Wednesday they have arrested six suspects in an international poaching ring targeting the Javan rhinoceros, a critically endangered species. The suspects are part of a ...
Akashinga, (formerly the International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF)) is a non-profit organisation registered in Australia, predominantly operating on the African continent. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The group initially created a structured military-like approach to conservation, employing tactics and technology generally reserved for the modern-day ...
Despite the ban on trade since the 1970s, poaching level of rhino horns has risen over the last decade, leading the rhino population into crisis. [85] Poaching has many causes in both Africa and China. The issue of poaching is not a simple one to solve as traditional methods to counter poaching have not taken into the account the poverty levels ...