Kruger rhino sales go ahead
Moving rhinos out of the Kruger will go ahead, says SANParks, but due diligence is essential...
02 October, 2014
Author: Oxpeckers Reporters
Official complicity in Mozambican elephant slaughter
Elephant poaching is happening on 'an industrial scale' in northern Mozambique. A year-long investigation by Estacio Valoi exposes official complicity in the slaughter...
26 September, 2014
SA police nab rhino poaching gang
[caption id="attachment_1070" align="alignleft" width="299"] The alleged kingpin of the syndicate was arrested in front of the Pretoria North Magistrate’s Court. [/caption] South Africa's elite police investigation unit known as the Hawks...
20 September, 2014
Kruger hotel off the cards
[caption id="attachment_1060" align="alignleft" width="370"] SANParks chairperson Kuseni Dlamini[/caption]A controversial application for a luxury hotel development in the south of the Kruger National Park, linked to chairperson of the South African...
08 September, 2014
DNA leads in rhino prosecutions
DNA profiling has proved a game changer in securing harsh sentences for poachers and rhino horn smugglers, writes Louise de Bruin [caption id="attachment_1047" align="alignleft" width="765"] Less than 0,1mg of horn is...
08 September, 2014
Mapping rhino poaching court cases data
Oxpeckers Rhino Court Cases interactive map provides an easy, accessible way to keep track of cases involving rhino poaching...
21 August, 2014
Protecting elephants could encourage forest growth in Central Africa
Central Africa need elephants to increase oxygen and food productivity, and to fight climate change, writes Israel Bionyi...
19 August, 2014
Kruger rhinos to Northern Cape
SANParks wants to move rhinos out of the Kruger to protect them from poachers. Contracts were signed with three hunting outfits based in the Northern Cape...
13 August, 2014
Vets to the rhinos’ rescue
South Africa is losing a species about which very little is known. Louise de Bruin talks to two vets whose mission is to save the rhinos...
01 August, 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