Rhinoceros

Rhino horn demand in Vietnam drops by more than 33% in one year

Efforts to curb the deadly trade in rhino horn appear to be gaining traction, with a poll finding that demand for the animal part in Vietnam has dropped by more than a third over the past year.

Publication Date:

16/10/2014

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Rhinoceros, Vietnam, Asia, Poaching, Africa

Wildlife

Rhinos of Dudhwa national park

Dudhwa National Park, located in Uttar Pradesh, became the first park in India to see the relocation of several Greater One-Horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis Linnaeus 1758) in 1984. Nine rhinos were brought in from Assam and Nepal and released in an electrified fence over two years.

Publication Date:

13/10/2014

Source: WWF India

Tags:

Rhinoceros, Dudhwa NP, Uttar Pradesh, Relocation, Wildlife

Wildlife

Kenya: Black Rhino Is Killed in Nyeri

THE number of endangered black rhinos has reduced by one after armed poachers killed a rhino at the raided the privately owned Solio ranch in Nyeri county.

Publication Date:

10/10/2014

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Wildlife, Endangered Species, Rhinoceros, Kenya, Africa, Poaching

Environment

Progress Made in Fight Against Environmental Crimes

Authorities say they have made progress in the fight against environmental crimes in the 2013/2014 financial year.

Publication Date:

09/10/2014

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Environment, South Africa, Wildlife, Poaching, Rhinoceros, Illegal Trade, Pollution, Environment Impact Assessment (EIA)

Wildlife

Interpol Announces Special Team to Combat Illegal Ivory Trafficking

The International police organisation Interpol announced Tuesday (October 7th) it would establish a team to target ivory trafficking and more generally, environmental crime, in Africa.

Publication Date:

09/10/2014

Source: All Africa

Tags:

Wildlife, Illegal Trade, Poaching, Kenya, Africa, Elephant, Rhinoceros, WWF

Wildlife

National Wildlife Week: 5 species that will be extinct soon

It has been observed that the number of mammals, birds, reptiles, amphibians and fish across the globe are declining in numbers day by day due to various reasons.

Publication Date:

09/10/2014

Author(s): Shruti Saxena

Source: Zee News

Tags:

India, WWF, Tiger, Deforestation, Poaching, Environmentalists, Indonesia, Endangered Species, Rhinoceros, Wildlife

Wildlife

Elephant poaching: thousands march worldwide for wildlife protection

Demonstrators in 136 cities and towns across six continents joined the Global March for Elephants and Rhinos

Publication Date:

06/10/2014

Source: Guardian (UK)

Tags:

Wildlife, Elephant, Poaching, Rhinoceros, Endangered Species, Illegal Trade

Wildlife

Illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn: an assessment to improve law enforcement

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 report by USAID partner TRAFFIC.

Publication Date:

22/09/2014

Author(s): Tom Milliken

Source: TRAFFIC International

Tags:

Rhinoceros, Wildlife Trade, Poaching, Illegal Trade, Elephant, India, Global

Wildlife

Javadekar asserts ‘zero tolerance’ to rhino poaching

Guwahati: On completion of his two-day ‘Mission Kaziranga’ visit, Union Minister of State (Independent) for Environment and Forest, Prakash Javadekar Saturday said here, “There will be zero toleran

Publication Date:

08/09/2014

Source: Shillong Times (Shillong)

Tags:

Assam, Kaziranga SA, Rhinoceros, Poaching, Ministry Of Environment And Forests (MOEF), Compensatory Afforestation Fund Management And Planning Authority (CAMPA), Wildlife

Wildlife