Across South Africa, removing the the object of poachers’ desire reduced rhino deaths by 78 percent, while it raised the question: What is a rhino without its horns?

From caring for household pets to wild animals, a Purdue-University educated veterinarian takes her skills beyond central ...

But in a 3,400-kilometer (2,100-mile) journey that involved crates, cranes, trucks, and a Boeing 747, 70 captive bred ...

Analysis - 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 ...

A new Kruger National Park study has conclusively found that dehorning rhino can save most from poachers, but some will still ...

The dehorning of rhinos resulted in a nearly 80-percent reduction in the poaching of the animals during a seven-year study.

Study lead author Dr. Tim Kuiper, of Nelson Mandela University in South Africa, said: “We documented the poaching of 1,985 rhinos - about 6.5% of the population annually - across 11 Greater ...

Rwanda said on Tuesday that 70 white rhinos had been successfully relocated to the Great Lakes nation, after a journey of some 3,000 kilometres from South Africa.

South African Minister of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment, Dr Dion George, hailed the rhino relocation as a ...