Rhino Horn

• Suspected rhino poacher killed by elephant, eaten by lions in South Africa: authorities

  South African authorities say they have recovered the remains of a suspected rhinoceros poacher who was believed to have been killed by an elephant before his body was devoured by lions. 

  Environment

  Apr 6, 2019
  
• San Diego Zoo burns rhino horns to protest poaching

  The San Diego Zoo burned items containing rhinoceros horn with an estimated black market value of $1 million in a symbolic gesture Thursday to show the U.S. is committed to ending illegal wildlife trafficking.

  World

  Sep 8, 2016
  
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• IN PHOTOS: Kenya government burns 105 tons of ivory to protest poaching

  In a statement against illegal poaching, Kenya's president set fire to 105 tons of elephant ivory and more than 1 ton of rhino horn on Saturday.

  Environment

  Apr 30, 2016
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• South African court upholds ruling to lift ban on local rhino horn trade

  The South African government says a court has denied its appeal of an earlier ruling that lifted a ban on the domestic trade in rhino horn.

  World

  Jan 21, 2016
• Conservation group aims to reintroduce ‘critically endangered’ black rhino to Chad

  Conservationists hoping to save the black rhinoceros population are planning to move several of the endangered animal from South Africa to a national park in Chad.

  Environment

  Aug 21, 2015
• South African vets treat rhino whose horns were cut off by poachers

  Saving the Survivors, a South African group that treats rhinos with gunshot wounds, facial gouges and other injuries inflicted by poachers, is hoping to save a 4-year-old female rhino named Hope.

  Environment

  May 25, 2015
• B.C. antique dealer guilty in rhino horn case

  A Vancouver-area antiques dealer has pleaded guilty in an American court to attempting to import endangered rhinoceros horns into Canada in a smuggling operation that also saw carved elephant tusks and other items illegally transported across the border.

  Nov 26, 2014
• 3 years in prison for NYC man who smuggled items made of ivory, rhino horn

  A New York City antiques dealer who pleaded guilty to conspiracy for smuggling artifacts made from rhinoceros horns from the U.S. to China and Hong Kong.

  World

  Dec 5, 2013