A study published in the academic journal Science has found that cutting off the horns of rhinos in Africa leads to a ...

It is believed the horns have medicinal properties, and they fetch huge prices on the black market, particularly in Asia.

Dehorning rhinos — sedating the animals and cutting off their keratin horns with a chainsaw — is believed to be painless and ...

Poaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every ...

In a sweeping new study published in Science, researchers found that dehorning rhinos—a painless process akin to trimming a ...

Black and white rhino populations in the Greater Kruger (Kruger National Park and surrounding reserves) in South Africa have ...

At the end of April, poachers broke into the Imire Rhino and Wildlife Conservancy in Zimbabwe in search of rhinoceros horn—an ...

Dehorning rhinos reduces poaching by 78% in South Africa’s Greater Kruger region, offering a new solution for overall rhino ...

"This landscape is a critical global stronghold that conserves around 25% of all Africa’s rhinos. “Dehorning rhinos to reduce incentives for poaching - 2,284 rhinos were dehorned across eight ...