Author: Oxpeckers Reporters

Oxpeckers partnered with the Barcode of Wildlife Project, a global programme building a DNA barcode reference library of threatened species vulnerable to illegal trade...

07 November, 2014

Mozambican poachers are using sugar cane fields to sneak into the Kruger National Park, where shootouts with anti-poaching teams are peaking and rhino poaching statistics continue to rise. Fiona Macleod...

07 November, 2014

Hongqiao Liu, one of China’s youngest environmental reporters, was an Oxpeckers Fellow in 2013 and spent three months in South Africa investigating wildlife trafficking links...

03 November, 2014

[caption id="attachment_1275" align="alignleft" width="340"] Detector dogs can find even a tiny molecule of rhino horn. This dog and handler are part of the Endangered Wildlife Trust Rhino Project, which focuses...

01 November, 2014

An historic deal to tackle wildlife crime in Mozambique has been signed between the Mozambican government and the Peace Parks Foundation...

29 October, 2014

Controversial South African hunter Dawie Groenewald and his brother, Janneman, charged in the US with fraudulently hunting 'problem' rhinos and laundering the horns on the black market...

24 October, 2014

Oxpeckers associate Estacios Valoi reports that at least five elephants were killed in 48 hours in just one reserve in northern Mozambique. He photographed local villagers cutting meat off the...

09 October, 2014

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

Moving rhinos out of the Kruger will go ahead, says SANParks, but due diligence is essential...

02 October, 2014