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07/09/15 | The DNA of one black rhino could hold the key to its species survival. Martin Peralta reports on plans to use 3D printing to undercut the poachers' business model.
02/09/15 | Environmental Affairs Minister Ednah Molewa says 749 rhino were lost to poachers so far this year.
The Minister said this when briefing the media on interventions that the department, as well as the rest of the security cluster, have implemented to fight rhino poaching.
30/08/15 | In a drastic, but vital, step to prevent poachers from killing rhino in South Africa’s first World Heritage Site, the iSimangaliso Wetland Park Authority and Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife (EKZNW) have implemented a rhino de-horning programme throughout the Western Shores section of the Park.
Read more: South African Park Takes Bold Heartbreaking Steps to Safeguard Rhino
28/08/15 | The Cincinnati Zoo will send an ultra-rare Sumatran rhino back to Indonesia in search of a partner. The species is hanging by a thread.
Read more: Lonely Male Rhino, Last in U.S., Seeks Mate. Will Relocate
If we do not act now, rhinos may be extinct in the wild in less than 10 years.
