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

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 ...

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

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 ... The last black rhino ...

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 ...

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 ...

The eight of us spread out along the same two-track and wait for Eugene Troskie’s signal before marching into the thick South African scrub ... Kruger has lost roughly 75 percent of its white rhino ...

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.

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.