There has been a huge increase in attention recently to the problem of wildlife poaching, mostly from the stream of grisly stories from Africa about rhino and elephants illegally killed for their horn…
Exporting rhino horn could generate funds for conservation – but also lead to more poaching.
A new study reveals the major players and routes involved.
Few people could argue that hunting wildlife for trophies is moral, but conservationists have bigger fish to fry to reverse biodiversity loss
Rhinos, elephants and the big cats like lions and tigers are all at risk of extinction as a result of a resurgence in the illegal trade of their body parts. Newspapers in recent days have been filled with…
Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
As the electric saw cuts into the base of the horn of the live rhino lying at my feet, I feel an uncomfortable guilt. The rhino shakes and judders and there is an unpleasant smell reminiscent of burning…
William, Duke of Cambridge, second in line to the British throne, likes to go deer stalking. It must be a class thing. Until the 19th century, deer stalking – what in the US is called “hunting” – was largely…
People arguing that a ban on mammoth ivory would help save elephants from extinction are wrong. Here’s why.
The death toll stands at nearly 400 elephants of both sexes and all ages.
