by royalrhino | Aug 20, 2018 | Awareness, General
Hunter Mitchell, a young man from Cape Town, has just won the prestigious Action For Nature International Eco-Hero award for his work in raising over R170 000 to help save and raise orphaned rhinos. Daily, rhinos around the world are being killed for their horns....
by royalrhino | Jul 20, 2018 | Awareness, Dr Ian Player, Rhino species, Trade in rhino horn
We need to stop the slaughter of our rhinos. Rhinos are being poached for their horns, which are more valuable than gold in Southeast and Far East Asia. Vietnam in particular shows a high demand for rhino horn, as where it is often used as a part of traditional...
by royalrhino | May 18, 2018 | Awareness, Conservation, Rhino species, Science
A southern white rhino female, named Victoria, has been impregnated via artificial insemination, researchers announced on Thursday. “It’s very exciting because this is our first pregnant rhino from artificial insemination here at the San Diego Zoo Safari...
by royalrhino | Mar 27, 2018 | Conservation, Dr Ian Player, Rhino species
Scientists hope that advances in in vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques can offer hope for the survival of the northern white rhino, after the last male of the species died last week. The death last week of Sudan, the last northern white rhino male, has led to...
by royalrhino | Dec 8, 2017 | Conservation
Rangers in some of South Africa’s nature reserves put their lives on the line almost daily in an effort to protect game that are vulnerable to poaching. On 24 May 2013, Kruger National Park (KNP) section ranger Andrew Desmet was severely injured when he was...
