Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have plummeted from over 10,000 rhinos in 2010 to around 2,600 in 2023. Hundreds ...

A new anti-poaching technique may be able to save rhinos from the slow creep toward extinction, the Guardian reported: removing their horns. A new study published in Science detailed how ...

An international study published in Science found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. This is based on the analysis of data across 11 ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Cutting off the horns of sedated rhinos with a chainsaw has been viewed by wildlife conservationists in Africa for more than 30 years as a necessary evil to save the ...

Poaching has decimated rhino populations across Africa, but a new study finds that dehorning the animals, or surgically removing their horns, drastically reduces poaching. The study focused on 11 ...

The most effective way of reducing the widespread poaching of rhinoceroses is cutting off their horns, conservationists and researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science. The study, covering ...

NAIROBI, Kenya — The rhino population across the world has increased slightly but so have the killings, mostly in South Africa, as poaching fed by huge demand for rhino horns remains a top threat, ...

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North Coast residents come together in Project Rhino's fight against rhino poaching in KwaZulu-Natal by dehorning.

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Poachers killed over 100 rhinos in South Africa in the first three months of 2025, according to South African Environment Minister Dion George. From Jan. 1 to March 31, 103 rhinos were killed, and 65 ...