by Contributed | Aug 22, 2022 | Blog
By Agnès PEDRERO Poaching and the illegal trade in horns have fallen in recent years but remain grave threats for the rhino’s survival, the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) said Monday. The Switzerland-based body said 2,707 rhinos were...
by Contributed | Aug 17, 2022 | Blog
By Stuart GRAHAM In a town in northeastern Scotland, Debbie Banks looks for clues to track down criminals as she clicks through a database of tiger skins. There are thousands of photographs, including of rugs, carcasses and taxidermy specimens. Banks, the crime...
by Contributed | Apr 6, 2022 | Blog
Michael ‘t Sas-Rolfes, University of Oxford While the UK government has been considering a ban on imports of hunting trophies, the South African government recently approved an annual maximum quota of ten legal trophy hunts of endangered black rhinos for 2022....
by Contributed | Jan 21, 2022 | Blog
Rhino horn is coveted for rumoured medicinal properties and as a status symbol. Amit/GettyImages Vu Hoai Nam Dang, University of Copenhagen and Martin Reinhardt Nielsen, University of Copenhagen Demand for rhino horn in Asian markets, especially Vietnam and China, has...
