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Rhinos Kruger South Africa
Business, Economics and Jobs
Rhino poaching in South Africa declines during coronavirus lockdown
Sumatran rhino baby
Science
As Sumatran rhinos face extinction, scientists come to their rescue
President Trump Touts “Toughness” in Approach to Combating Opioids
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White Rhino
Technology
Anti-poaching efforts may get a boost from a DNA database for rhino horn
Rhino Rescue staff collect DNA samples from an animal during a procedure.
Environment
Poisoning rhino horns doesn’t hurt the rhinos, but it may keep poachers away
A one-horned rhino named Baghekhaity stands next to its 10-day-old calf at a zoo in Guwahati, in the northeastern Indian state of Assam.
Environment
How to save rhinos? By turning their dung into paper.
More than 1,000 rhinos were killed in South Africa last year. It's a 50% increase from the year before, proof of the escalating poaching crisis. Most of the rhinos were killed in Kruger National Park, a popular tourist destination.
Business, Economics and Jobs
Even evacuating South Africa’s rhinos may not save them from poachers
Environment
When you buy ivory, you may be funding al-Shabab terrorists
Corporal Patricia Mututu (left), a 30-year Kenya Wildlife Service veteran, and Ranger Mildred Oduor on patrol in Nairobi National Park. Hundreds of Kenya Wildlife Service rangers have been shot by poachers in the last three years; 13 have been killed.
Environment
Rangers in Kenya are outgunned in the new poaching arms race
Conflict & Justice
A Rhino Called Obama
Emerging Science Note/Rhinos Rebound