A dog trained in Wales helped to save an 18-month-old rhino from poachers in South Africa. Dan, a one-year-old Belgian malinois, was bred and trained at Dogs 4 Wildlife in Carmarthenshire.

Only 20,000 or so rhinos remain in South Africa - the vast majority of the 25,000 animals left across the whole continent, says Traffic. Last male northern white rhino dies Could farming rhinos ...

South Africa, with one of the world’s largest rhino populations, is battling organised crime syndicates targeting its national and private parks as strong demand in Asian markets, where the ...

Nonetheless, South Africa ruled in 2017 to once again allow buying and selling of horn within the country. There is little demand for rhino horn within South Africa, however, leading many to worry ...

Picture: iStock Three foreign nationals have been sentenced to 12 years in jail for their roles in a poaching conspiracy that targeted South Africa’s protected rhino population. The trio ...

South Africa's battle to defeat rhino poaching has taken a turn for the worse with the numbers killed rising in 2023. Last year, 499 rhinos were hunted, an increase of 51 from the previous year ...

Rhino poaching in South Africa was 15 per cent higher in 2021 than the preceding year as coronavirus restrictions that limited movement were eased, official figures showed Tuesday. A total of 451 ...

In 2015, 1,175 rhinos were killed in South Africa, 40 less than in 2014. However, at least 130 were poached in Namibia and Zimbabwe in the same period, up almost 200 per cent from 2014. The organized ...

Just R20 for the first month. Support independent journalism by subscribing to our digital news package. The high court in Makhanda on Tuesday sentenced three foreigners to 12 years ...

“When it comes to rhino protection, the need to do more with the same amount of resources is particularly acute,” says Hamilton Ratshefola, country general manager for IBM South Africa.