A 2,000-pound white rhinoceros has been shot and killed at a Florida safari park after it ‘aggressively’ escaped from its enclosure – staff claiming it could have ‘killed other animals.’ Bodycam footage in the moments after the shooting shows Wild Florida Drive-Thru Safari Park general manager Jordan Munns explaining that the behavior of the rhino […]
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Inside African wildlife park where animals are being slaughtered for ‘cures’
Piled high in a mountain of pain, these are the poachers’ traps laid to kill wildlife. In the last four years more than 35,000 snares, wires and spears have been confiscated from just one African wildlife park – more per square mile than anywhere else in the world. At this critical time for the planet’s […]
Poaching surges in the birthplace of white rhino conservation
In the first nine months of this year, poachers have killed 190 rhinos in state-run protected areas in South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province. That’s one rhino killed every 35 hours. Most of this surge in poaching has taken place in Hluhluwe-Imfolozi Park, better known as HIP. HIP is one of Africa’s earliest proclaimed conservation areas, established […]
9 Things You Can Do Daily to Save Wildlife
Humans do not live on this planet alone. In fact, each and every species is an essential part of an ecosystem. It is our duty to protect them – especially as we are responsible for the disappearance of many wild animal and plant species. The statistics are terrifying. According to the World Wildlife Fund, around […]
African rhino poaching falls but illegal hunting still threatens species
African rhino poaching rates have fallen since 2018, figures show, but thousands are still being illegally hunted, threatening the species’ future, experts warn. In 2015, killings hit a peak of 5.3 per cent of the species’ population, but last year they dropped to 2.3 per cent, according to a report. Covid-19 lockdowns meant poaching rates […]
White rhino conservation project attempts paradigm shift by including local community
TSHOLOTSHO, Zimbabwe – Two men crouch beside a pile of rhino dung, using their bare hands to break apart the drying lumps to search for the remnants of the animal’s last meal. “There are some nice thick grasses in here,” says Daniel Terblanche, recording his observations on his phone camera and then sending the video […]
The case for reintroduction of the wolf and other species should not be based on the promise of an ecological nirvana
In 1995, eight wolves were released in Yellowstone National Park from a white truck that had traveled 700 miles from Alberta, Canada. They were the first people to live in the park for 70 years, and the return of the most legendary predator to the most well-known national park in the world sparked research that […]
SA breeder to release 100 rhinos back into the wild every year
A leading South African private rhino breeder has announced plans to annually release 100 farm-bred rhinos into the wild to help restock a population decimated by poaching. The animals will come from a 2004-strong herd, bred by private rhino farmer John Hume, who runs the world’s biggest rhino farm on an 8 400-hectare piece of […]