This week, the South African media reported that some game farmers and reserve owners have allegedly been killing their own rhinos and claiming the rhinos were “poached” — and then … [Read full article]
Tag: Marnus Steyl
Rhino Crisis Round Up: Steyl-Lemtongthai Case Postponed & More
South Africa’s rhino horn syndicate case involving game farmer Marnus Steyl, professional hunter Harry Claassens, and Thai nationals Chumlung Lemtongthai, Punpitak Chunchom, and Tool Sriton has been postponed. Although the … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: 2012 Declared Year of the Rhino & More
This week, President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono of Indonesia declared June 5th, 2012, as the beginning of the International Year of the Rhino. Indonesia is home to Critically Endangered Javan and … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: Rhino Killer Shot Dead in India & More
Kaziranga National Park’s greater one-horned rhinos are safer today, following an exchange of gunfire between authorities and armed rhino killers, which left one of the assailants dead. According to India … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: South Africa Death Toll at 150 & More
The latest figures released by the South African Government Department of Environmental Affairs are grim: 150 rhinos have been slaughtered since the beginning of 2012. According the statement, more than … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct, Rhino Killed in India & More
Another rhinoceros subspecies gone forever: The IUCN has confirmed that the Western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes) is indeed extinct. Just like the recent extinction of the Vietnamese Javan rhino … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: Javan Rhino Extinct in Vietnam, Rhino Horn Smugglers Arrested in Nepal & More
The conservation community mourns this week as the extinction of the Javan rhino subspecies (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus) was confirmed. Photo © WWF-Greater Mekong DNA testing determined that a female rhino, … [Read full article]
Rhino Crisis Round Up: Death Toll Hits 250, Rhino Horn Smugglers Enjoy 'Drunken Orgies' in South Africa and More
There are now at least 250 fewer rhinos in South Africa than there were at the beginning of the year, thanks to the continuing menace of international rhino horn smuggling syndicates.
Thai Prostitutes Hired to Kill Rhinos in South African Trophy Hunting Scam
Yet another unsavory connection between South Africa’s trophy hunting of rhinos and the illegal rhino horn trade: Recent investigations have revealed that Thai prostitutes were brought into the country by a known human trafficker for the purpose of “hunting” rhinos.