NAIROBI – Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier in April aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers, but a more esoteric ring trading a much smaller ...

About 12 million years ago, huge herds of rhinos roamed the lands of North America. There was a long-standing mystery around ...

The curriculum closely follows that of the typical police or security dog, focusing on obedience, tracking, and scent detection – a skill used to sniff out rhino horn, elephant ivory and bushmeat. The ...

rhino horn, pangolin scales, and other wildlife trophies. Poaching and illegal wildlife trade are no longer just local or regional concerns, but have evolved into an organized and lucrative global ...

African black rhino. Image by storyteller2k20 via Depositphotos White rhinos face severe threats due to poaching, driven by the high demand for their horns in the black market. Rhino horns are falsely ...

Horn is used in traditional medicine or as a 'luxury' consumable – a keratin Cristal for the urban rich. The other three rhino species, from India, Java and Sumatra, are also poached for their horn.

[File photo: Reuters/Monicah Mwang] Kenyan police who raided a national park guesthouse earlier this month aimed not to bust elephant tusk or rhino horn poachers but a more esoteric ring trading a ...

Despite ongoing poaching threats driven by demand for rhino horn, the southern white rhino demonstrates how a species can recover from the brink of extinction with proper protection and management.

Join the Washington Informer Family! When my father, Dr. Calvin W. Rolark, founded this paper over 60 years ago, he envisioned more than just a newspaper—he dreamed of a platform to uplift our ...