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Poachers have killed two rhinos and robbed them off their precious horns in a span of ten days in Chitwan National Park (CNP), Nagarik daily reported.

SWINGING like giant pendulums in the sky, six black rhinos were airlifted from game reserves in Zululand recently in a move aimed at ensuring the ultimate survival of this critically endangered species.

Environment and Natural Resources Management Minister Francis Nhema has called for stiffer punishment of poachers.

Assam is showcasing its rhino conservation success story to the West to woo more tourists.

In a strange twist to the illegal trade in wildlife parts rampant in the North-east, Assam Rifles personnel have seized a large amount of rhino skins and bones as well as other animal parts from two persons at Tengnoupal near Manipur's Moreh town in Chandel district bordering Myanmar.

Banke has his clan growing. The dusky old rhino, now 30 plus, has seen his fourth generation set in.

A Black rhino calf has been born in the Baviaanskloof Nature Reserve – the first offspring to appear after six of the animals were re-introduced into the area in 2007, over a century after being wiped out by hunting.

Wildlife officials in India’s Kaziranga National Park discover grass laced with poisoned salt - the latest attempt by poachers to kill rhino.

Though the Forest department has initiated every possible measure to save the forest areas of the State including the sanctuaries by implementing Forest Act and forming various committees, etc., yet the problems of poachers and encroachment by the suspected Bangladeshi nationals, etc., have been posing a serious threat to the very existence of Orang National Park.

An integrated approach was needed to halt the growing numbers of rhinos being killed by poachers, Water and Environmental Affairs Minister Buyelwa Sonjica agreed on Tuesday.

Poachers have killed 84 rhinos in South Africa since January and KwaZulu-Natal has the second highest number of incidents.

A rhinoceros is an impressive beast. With its family tree firmly planted in pre-history, it has lumbered into the twenty-first century.

Organised syndicates of poachers are killing wildlife in Zimbabwe’s animal parks – some species to near extinction – a situation that worries conservationists and tourism operators.

The local name for the turtle is "Pyant Cheezar," which translates to "turtle that eats rhinoceros feces." Sumatran rhinos were once found in the area, but vanished half a century ago due to hunting.

n endangered Sumatran rhinoceros who gave birth to three calves in recent years has died at age 21 at the Cincinnati Zoo, officials said.

Dung is now being used by scientists in Assam to find out the genetic diversity of Indian rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicornis), which will shed new light on its evolution and different aspects.

Police on Saturday arrested a hotel entrepreneur in Salyan on the charge trafficking rhino horn recovered in Darchula recently.

The Zimbabwe Conservation Task force is appealing for funds to curb rampant poaching that is reportedly said to be involving ministers and senior government officials in Mashonaland West.

Cats, dogs, guinea pigs, fish, spiders and snails. Name an animal, and you'll find a child somewhere who's obsessed with it.

What do you get when you mix 29 baboons and a retired rhino? Well, domestic bliss actually.