Poaching syndicates target Kruger rangers
Why are the icons of conservation being arrested in connection with rhino poaching? Yolandi Groenewald examines the screening processes for Kruger rangers...
23 August, 2016
rhino poaching Tag
‘Trojan horse’ of Namibia’s rhino poaching crisis?
A mysterious hunting lodge with a backdoor into the Etosha National Park provides a possible key to the decimation of Namibia’s critically endangered black rhinos...
11 August, 2016
The epicentre of Namibia’s rhino poaching
John Grobler visits Okahao, a sleepy settlement near Etosha that is at the centre of the poaching plague threatening the world’s last critically endangered black rhinos...
11 July, 2016
Vietnam warning follows Oxpeckers exposé
In a move directly linked to an Oxpeckers investigation, the Vietnamese government has warned tour operators not to support illegal wildlife product processing workshops...
03 March, 2016
Caught in the crossfire: how cattle and Chinese mining interests are killing off Namibia’s black rhinos
Behind Namibia's poaching crisis lies a deadly combination of corruption, drought, Chinese mining and construction ventures, and land-hungry communal cattle farmers...
17 July, 2015
Mozambique arrests rhino poaching suspects
Several suspects linked to rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park have been arrested in Mozambique in recent weeks. [caption id="attachment_1131" align="alignleft" width="370"] Patrolling the border fence between the Kruger and...
08 October, 2014
Cases on the court roll
On the eve of his departure from the Police Ministry, Nathi Mthethwa released to Oxpeckers consolidated data on court cases involving alleged rhino poachers...
18 July, 2014
Standoff at Mpumalanga parks
The theft of 112 pieces of rhino horn from the conservation authority is the centre of high drama among senior parks officials, reports Sydney Masinga...
07 June, 2014
Kruger accord between SA and Mozambique
South African and Mozambique signed an accord in the Kruger National Park on April 17 that will see the two countries jointly tackling rampant rhino poaching...
17 April, 2014
China’s view on opening trade in rhino horn
Wan Ziming, head of China’s Management Authority at CITES, spoke to Hongqiao Liu about his concerns over opening trade in rhino horn ...
26 November, 2013