A History of Exploitation and Conservation is a sweeping and fascinating history of the continent’s rhinos and a clarion call for a rethink of failed wildlife trade policies.

Lemtongthai played a principal role in a syndicate which used white rhino trophy hunts in South Africa to obtain horns to trade in the Asian black markets, a practice known as “pseudo-hunting”. During ...

However, it has a much darker history. Trophy hunters in the 19th century considered elephants, buffalo, leopards, lions, and rhinoceros the most sought-after animals in Africa due to the difficulty ...

Since 2011, Kruger has lost roughly 75 percent of its white rhino population to poaching. Put another way, more than 8,000 of the giant, prehistoric animals have been killed only for their horns, ...

On one side are poachers, who trespass on private and public land to hunt and harvest the world ... According to the IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group, rhino poaching in South Africa increased ...

SANParks management said the transnational syndicates targeting the animals are relentless in their pursuit of rhino horn.

A South African court in January sentenced four ... year prison term and convicted on nine counts, including illegal rhino hunting, trespassing into KNP and possessing dangerous firearms.

Two South African citizens, Sam Khosa (40 ... On Count 7: Illegal hunting of rhinoceros. The two were sentenced to 10 years' imprisonment. - On Count 8: Possession of unlicensed ammunition.

Black rhinos are critically endangered according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, with only an estimated 6,400 individuals remaining in all of Africa. While the population is ...