by royalrhino | Aug 24, 2017 | Conservation
An integrated approach in the fight against rhino poaching, seems to be paying off in the Kruger National Park. This focused strategy includes creating close alliances in Swaziland and Mozambique, involving local communities and employing cutting-edge technology....
by royalrhino | Aug 7, 2017 | Conservation, Science
Current research by scientists of the University of Pretoria’s (UP) veterinary faculty to improve wildlife immobilization drugs, calls to mind the pioneers of rhino conservation in South Africa after hunting had decimated populations in the former Zululand to less...
by royalrhino | Mar 27, 2017 | Awareness, Conservation, Fundraising
Hunter Mitchell from Cape Town is a young man that inspired the team at Footprint Sports Travel to get involved in the fight against rhino poaching, and do our part to help save these endangered species. Daily, rhinos around the world are being killed for their horns....
by royalrhino | Feb 2, 2017 | General
Here’s one for all the amateur wildlife photographers out there! We’re giving away a mixed case of Rhino Run wine to the best wildlife pic posted on our Facebook, Twitter or Instagram accounts. The competition closes on 24 February, so don’t delay. Head over there...
by royalrhino | Nov 7, 2016 | Conservation
Van Loveren Wines and their partner Royal Rhino has teamed up with the Rhino Art team for the roll out of a youth art conservation initiative aimed at schools. The initiative was started to give young people a voice against poaching by using their art. The aim is to...
by royalrhino | Nov 2, 2016 | Awareness, Conservation
In the month of September the Minister of Environmental Affairs (DEA), Edna Molewa, revealed to the public that there are promising signs that rhino poaching is on a downward trend in the year of 2016. This statement resulted from the most recent statistics gathered...
by royalrhino | Aug 1, 2016 | Conservation, Rhino species
Forensic science is key to help protect rhinos and other wildlife under siege, believes Dr Cindy Harper. Harper, who heads up the Onderstepoort Veterinary Genetics Laboratory at the University of Pretoria, has been instrumental in doing DNA profiling of rhinos and...
by royalrhino | Jul 8, 2016 | Awareness
In a bid to ignite more public support for rhino protection Van Loveren Wines now backs an arts initiative aimed at children. Van Loveren Wines and their partner Royal Rhino has teamed up with the Rhino Art team for the roll out of a youth art conservation initiative...
by royalrhino | Jun 2, 2016 | Conservation
By Jorisna Bonthuys Their skills are second to none,” says Kirsty Brebner, who manages the Endangered Wildlife Trust’s Rhino Project. EWT has been involved in the deployment of anti-poaching tracking dogs in reserves, as well as sniffer dogs at airports and...
by royalrhino | May 31, 2016 | Conservation, Trade in rhino horn
By Jorisna Bonthuys To trade or not to trade in rhino horn. This remains one of the most controversial issues when it comes to rhino management and plans to fight the surge in poaching. In April the government announced its decision not to submit a proposal requesting...
