By Spoorthy Raman A South African court in January sentenced four poachers to several years in prison for two separate crimes ...

most prolific convicted rhino poacher. A five-foot-seven knot of sinew and nervous energy, he sits ramrod straight in an orange prison jumpsuit and heavy black work boots. His weathered face ...

Check out her gloriously happy jump at the end!” Black rhinos have been decimated by poachers over the years, but they’re slowly coming back thanks to conservation efforts. Their numbers ...

Police have commended the sentencing of three wildlife poachers, who have been found ... one hunting rifle with ammunition, one rhino horn, two knives and some clothing items were discovered.

The emergency dehorning operation in HiP was a response to the extremely high poaching incident recorded in this iconic park, known as the birthplace of white and black rhinos in South Africa.

The nation is also home to roughly half of the world’s remaining black rhinos. These critically endangered animals were already the rarer of the two species when the poaching crisis started escalating ...

There are fears now that the lions might have developed a taste for human flesh, having successfully hunted down and eaten the poachers. A shoe is all that is left of one of the poachers who broke ...

In Africa the war to save the black rhino is reaching a bitter climax Armed poachers have swept through East Africa slaughtering the rhino for its valuable horn bringing the animal perilously ...

Some of the country’s most iconic species, including rhinos, elephants, and lions, are being systematically slaughtered by poachers, who are funded and supported by criminal gangs. These animals are ...

In the 1800s there were more than 500,000 white and black rhinos in Africa. But by the 1990s, ivory poaching had left less than 7,000 animals alive. Remarkably, today their numbers have risen to ...