It costs Rockwood about R20 million annually “to feed, protect and propagate” the about 430 southern white rhinos in its care. “The applicant contends that he is running out of money to do so and the ...

The Northern Cape High Court in Kimberley has ruled that conservation breeding facilities can be granted permits to export rhino horns. This came after rhino conservationist Hendrick Diedericks ...

South Africa' s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment reaffirms its commitment to the global ban on ivory and ...

The court ruled that the government's refusal to grant permits for the export of rhino horns was unlawful and unconstitutional.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) reaffirms that South Africa remains fully committed to the ...

The case was brought by a private farm owner who argued the R20m cost of feeding and protecting his rhinos was becoming financially unsustainable.

South Africa denies plans to support ivory and rhino horn trade legalisation at CITES COP20, reaffirms commitment to the ...

A legal international trade in rhino horn is not about to immediately lift off, but a recent judgment raises issues that point to the direction that contestation in this terrain may take.

The issue of trade in rhino horn has long been a bone of conservation contention, and this landmark decision is sure to stir controversy.

The Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) has confirmed that South Africa is fully committed to the international ban on the commercial trade of ivory and rhino horn.

Rhino births in captivity are extremely rare - as just five White Rhinos were born in total in European zoological ...

The illegal wildlife trade is intricately linked to organised crime, including drug trafficking and arms dealing. A new study reveals how these criminal activities converge in South Africa, Hong Kong, ...