One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya. Esmond Bradley Martin, 75, was found with a stab wound to his neck at home in the capital Nairobi on Sunday. The former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was known for his undercover work … Read more
South African police Wednesday arrested a 24-year-old woman with 20 kilogrammes of rhino horn before boarding a flight bound for Hong Kong, a spokesman said. The woman whose nationality has not been revealed, was detained at Johannesburg’s O. R. Tambo International Airport while in transit from the Zambian capital Lusaka. Police said a luggage scanner … Read more
The Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany, H. E. Christian-Matthias Schlaga, and Mr. Simson Uri-Khob Chief Operations Officer of the ‘Save the Rhino Trust‘ Namibia, unveiled the 56.4 kWh ground mounted off-grid photovoltaic solar system at the Palmwag Base Station of ‘Save the Rhino Trust’ Namibia. Representatives of the German Embassy, as well as … Read more
More than 700 rhinos were killed in South Africa in the first half of last year South Africa’s top court has dismissed an appeal by the department of environmental affairs to keep a moratorium on the domestic trade in rhino horn, according to court documents seen by Reuters on Wednesday. Pelham Jones, chairman of South … Read more
South Africa’s highest court Wednesday rejected a bid by the government to keep a ban on domestic trade in rhino horn, a court document showed. The ruling by the Constitutional Court effectively means rhino horns may be traded locally. The department of environmental affairs had sought to retain a moratorium on domestic trade in rhino … Read more
Vietnam police seized more than 100 kilograms of rhino horn smuggled into the country in suitcases from Kenya on Tuesday, the latest illegal haul in the wildlife trafficking hub. Vietnam is a hot market for rhino horn, believed to have medicinal properties and is in high demand among the communist nation’s growing middle class. The … Read more
Poachers killed 1,054 South African rhinos for their horns in 2016, a 10 percent dip on a year earlier, the environment ministry said Monday, as officials struggle to quell the slaughter. Black market rhino horn sells for up to $60,000 (57,000 euros) per kilo — more than gold or cocaine — with most demand from … Read more
The current poaching crisis is attributed to the growing demand for rhino horns South Africa’s Minister of State Secuirty David Mahlobo has denied accusations of links to a rhino trafficker that were alleged in Al Jazeera’s The Poachers Pipeline investigation. In a statement posted on the ministry’s website, Mahlobo “noted with grave concern and disappointment … Read more
Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit has uncovered evidence of high-level political connections to rhino poaching in Africa. The investigation raises serious questions about the involvement of a South African government minister and members of a Chinese presidential delegation in the illegal rhino horn trade. Of the just 25,000 remaining African rhino, the biggest population is in … Read more