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Suspected Rhino Poachers Arrested in South Africa

Police have said that they have made a major breakthrough in the fight against rhino poaching by arresting six suspected poachers.

South Africa: Six Suspected Rhino Poachers Arrested

SAnews.gov.za, 9 November 2014

Limpopo police say they have made a major breakthrough in the fight against rhino poaching by arresting six suspected poachers in Phalaborwa and Hoedspruit. Read more »

photo: Elles van Gelder

Mutilated rhino (file photo).

Africa: New Report Tracks Illegal Ivory, Rhino Horn Trade

State Department, 23 September 2014

Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new… Read more »

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22 September 2014
Illegal Trade in Ivory and Rhino Horn

Author:

Tom Milliken

Publisher:

Tom Milliken

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Throughout elephant and rhino range, the growing risk to these emblematic flagship species is palpable. Focused interventions and dedicated action are ... see more »

East Africa: New Report Identifies Actions Needed to Curtail Illegal Ivory and Rhino Horn Trafficking

USAID, 22 September 2014

Illegal rhino horn trade has reached the highest levels since the early 1990s, and illegal trade in ivory increased by nearly 300 percent from 1998 to 2011, according to a new… Read more »

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