Strange death of a rhino protector
How did ‘Boxer’ die? Why are dead rhinos being found in the area his team patrolled? John Grobler digs up strange secrets surrounding the deaths of black rhinos in Kunene...
20 November, 2014
Oxpeckers Tag
The nitty gritty of catching poachers
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
Kruger’s rhino poaching ‘highway’
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
Dogs sniff out record rhino horn stash
[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
Mozambique deal to combat poaching
An historic deal to tackle wildlife crime in Mozambique has been signed between the Mozambican government and the Peace Parks Foundation...
29 October, 2014
Oxpeckers wins top media award
Judges of the prestigious SAB EnviroMedia Award describe the Oxpeckers Fellowship Project as 'South Africa's pioneering attempt to facilitate collaborative journalism on an international scale'...
24 October, 2014
US charges SA hunters for illegal rhino safaris
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
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
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