VOLUME 78
By Dr Daniel Stiles Key Takeaways * In October 2025, the Northern Cape High Court ruled that breeder Hendrick Diedericks can export horn from captive-bred white rhinos. The government wants to appeal but has not yet been granted leave. * The arrest of Vietnamese national Huy Bao Tran, tied to dozens
VOLUME 78
A Strategic Partnership for Conservation The Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA) was established as a local non-profit organization tailored to Mozambique's conservation needs. MWA grew out of Saving the Survivors' (STS) operations in the country. The rationale was to create a dedicated, independent organization able to work
VOLUME 68
By Dr Daniel Stiles On 31st October, 2025, South Africa’s High Court in the Northern Cape ruled in favour of Hendrick Diedericks, owner of a registered rhino Captive Breeding Operation (CBO) in the Northern Cape known as Rockwood Conservation. Starting with 45 southern white rhinos purchased from Kruger National
VOLUME 65
By Prof Brian Child Key Takeaways: * Wildlife has been miscast as a public good. * The governance regimes for wild resources no longer match their economic characteristics. * Treating wild species as public goods results in an inequitable allocation of costs and benefits. * Benefits are global, but costs are local. * Rhino owners
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By the 1950s, Nile crocodiles in Zimbabwe were nearly extinct. Commercial hunters had killed most of them for their valuable skins. The crocodiles were easy targets because they lived in predictable locations, hunters could spot them easily at night with spotlights, and each kill was worth a lot of money.
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Pelham Jones, chairman of the Private Rhino Owners Association of South Africa, highlights the importance of the private sector in rhino conservation. In 2014, the private owners owned only about 25% of South Africa’s rhinos; today, they own around 50%. But there is a problem; the economics of rhino
Namibia
0:00 /0:40 1× De-horning Rhino Operation in Namibia to Thwart Poaching In Namibia, one of the frontline strategies against rhino poaching has been de-horning operations, a proactive measure designed to make rhinos less attractive targets for poachers. While the procedure does not harm the animals when
Ivory & Rhino Horn
By Bugs Van Heerden John Hume's Revolutionary Rhino Breeding Project I first visited John Hume at his 8000-hectare rhino ranch in 2014 and have subsequently made two further visits to document this groundbreaking rhino conservation project. When I arrived, John said that two male rhino calves had
Africa
Anti Poaching Operations
Introducing Patrol: Anti-Poaching in Action Poaching in Africa takes many forms: from bushmeat hunting (both subsistence and commercial), to the illegal trade in timber, fish, pangolins, ivory & rhino horn, and even rare succulents. As human populations continue to grow, so does the pressure on natural ecosystems. The mission