Rhino poaching is on the rise across southern Africa because the horn is much sought after for Asian traditional medicine. In South Africa alone, 1,200 rhinos were poached last year.

Ten black rhinos have been moved from South Africa to Mozambique to secure breeding of the critically endangered animals that became locally extinct 50 years ago, conservationists said Thursday ...

Ten black rhinos make a historic return to Mozambique this week, marking a monumental conservation success as efforts to revive wildlife in Zinave National Park continue to gain momentum. Discover ...

Simon Ernesto Valoi was sentenced to 27 years in prison by a Mozambique court for running an operation poaching rhinos in South Africa's huge Kruger National Park, which borders Mozambique.

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 ...

Black rhinos are only found in the wild in Africa and are listed as critically endangered, with around 6,400 left, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature. Around 2,000 are ...

However, more than 1,000 rhinos would be killed in 2014 if the poaching rate increases at its current pace. That would mean about five percent of South Africa's rhino population would have been ...

Ten critically endangered black rhinos have been successfully translocated from South Africa to Mozambique's Zinave National Park, marking what conservationists call a significant milestone in ...

CAPE TOWN, South Africa (AP) — Poachers in South Africa killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year, most of them inside national parks, highlighting an ongoing battle to… ...

Poachers in South Africa have killed more than 100 rhinos in the first three months of this year Via AP news wire Monday 05 May 2025 16:32 BST ...