Namibia loses bid to overturn ban on rhino horn trade

Namibia has built up large stockpiles of rhino horn after pioneering the practice of cutting them off to deter poachers.
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Rhino horns injected with radioactive material in bid to curb poaching

South African scientists on Tuesday injected radioactive material into live rhino horns to make them easier to detect at border posts in a pioneering project aimed at curbing poaching. The country is ...
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Radioactive material inserted into Rhino horns in anti-poaching project

Scientists in South Africa on Tuesday inserted radioisotopes into the horns of live rhinoceroses in a groundbreaking anti-poaching project. Twenty rhinos at The Rhino Orphanage in Mokopane, Limpopo ...

Rhino uses horn to expertly craft its own seasonal pumpkin pie creation

The Fort Worth Zoo captured a striking moment on camera as one of its resident rhinos took part in a festive Thanksgiving enrichment activity. In the footage, keepers roll a large pumpkin into the ...
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Researchers Turn Rhino Horns Radioactive to Fight Poaching

South African researchers have inserted radioactive material into the horns of 20 live rhinos. Their goal: to track horns from rhinos that were hunted illegally. Researchers say radioisotopes added to ...
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Rhinos have become the face of extinction, but now there's a small ray of hope

Rhino, narrated by Tom Hardy, takes us to Borana Conservancy in Kenya, where the success of the species shows there is hope ...
Daily Maverick

Hawks investigate ‘theft’ of 98 rhino horns

The Serious Organised Crime Unit’s probe of the theft from a North West game farm comes on the heels of a rhino horn bust at ...
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SA Agencies Seize Rhino Horn, Big Cat Bones in Major Wildlife Trafficking Bust

The operation underscores South Africa’s strategic partnerships with domestic and international agencies to dismantle ...

Singapore snares record haul of smuggled rhino horns from South Africa

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Singapore seized a record 35.7 kg of smuggled rhinoceros horns worth about S$1,130,000 ($867,430) en route to Laos, the largest haul in Singapore to date, the National Parks Board ...
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Rhino horns made radioactive in South Africa to deter poachers

In South Africa, conservation scientists are trying a bold new method to stop rhino poaching, making the horns slightly ...
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South African breeder is accused of $14 million rhino horn smuggling ring

JOHANNESBURG — South African prosecutors have accused a well-known rhino breeder of operating a global rhino horn smuggling network alongside five other people. John Hume, 83, owns one of the world's ...
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Black rhino horns get member of notorious Irish Travellers extradited to Texas, feds say

A member of the Irish Travellers, a nomadic group, was extradited to the U.S. on charges of trafficking black rhino horns, federal prosecutors say. John Slattery, an Irish national, is accused of ...