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Since rhino horn is made of keratin, advocates say the procedure is painless for the animal. [65] Another strategy being used to counter rhino poachers in Africa is called RhODIS, which is a database that compiles rhino DNA from confiscated horns and other goods that were being illegally traded, as well as DNA recovered from poaching sites.
Poachers are often hired by the sellers and traffickers of rhino horns. A variety of methods have been used by the poachers to incapacitate rhinos over the years. Once the rhino is incapacitated, the poachers usually cut off the base plate of the rhino's horn with either a machete or a chainsaw in a process called “de-horning”.
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 ...
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]
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.
The figures come from arrests made within national parks, with poachers targeting high value products like ivory and rhino horn Zimbabwe caught 36 armed poachers in 2022 Skip to main content
Mozambique, one of the four main countries in which the white rhino lives, is used by poachers as a passageway to South Africa, which holds a fairly large number of white rhinos. Here, rhinos are regularly killed and their horns are smuggled out of the country. [52] As of 2014, Mozambique labels white rhino poaching as a misdemeanor.
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 ...