Kirsten Everett, begs her country folk and the world help save the Rhinos from extinction due to poaching. “I want to help save rhino. What can I do?” Questions like this arrive at NIKELA quite frequently. This last week we responded to Kirsten, a high school student in South Africa, and invited her to write
Thick brush, no trails, night vision goggles and powerful guns, enter poachers and rangers in the fight for the rhino. This past weekend my husband Russ and I spent several hours hiking in a rather remote Texas State Park. The cedar and scrub oak were dense as we made our way along the trail. This got
October 25, 2012 the Wildlife Forum met in Cape Town to consider a Protocol which is nothing short of a declaration of war on South Africa’s wildlife, according to Chris Mercer. Every once in a while Chris Mercer, founder of the Campaign Against Canned Hunting and one of South Africa’s most informed wildlife activists, reports on wildlife
Hot debate concerning legalizing trade of rhino horn in effort to stop poaching. Chris Mercer speaks out regarding pro-trade report by Damien Mander. The debate around legalizing the rhino horn trade to save the last rhino is not only heated, it is polarizing those who fight for this endangered species. What’s really at the core
Arrests, courts and convictions. Over 200 white and black rhino dead in South Africa since beginning of 2012. Killed for their horn. Animal poaching reached epidemic proprotions due to illegal trade, syndicates, organized crime, trafficking. Information provided by a confidential source in South Africa. First off, the notorious Groenewald gang rhino poaching case, best known for the
Don’t live in SA? You can help save the endangered rhino by writing letters to South Africa’s President Zuma, contact your local zoo, volunteer and more to help stop animal poaching. “I don’t live in South Africa, how can I help save the rhino?” After hearing that sadly over 90 rhino have been killed
Part 2 in the Nikela Series on Animal Poaching, and what its doing to endangered species, rhino, leopards, and primates in South Africa. What animal poaching is and why we should care. To address this topic let’s take a look at what some serious online research produced. The Encyclopedia of Earth defines Poaching like this:
Vietnamese and South Africans talk rhino poaching, stop illegal trafficking, endangered rhino, World Rhino Day and Wildlife Documentary. Rhino Horn Trafficking Over 300 killed this year! Almost as many as in the whole of 2010 and triple the number lost in 2009, as the demand for rhino horn in Asia continues to rise. However, progress
Human-lion interaction, canned lion hunting, captive bred lions, trophy hunting, orphaned lion cubs in South Africa It’s has over 7,000 views. It has brought our website traffic. It is controversial, and it’s time for it to go. Jurg and his wife sold their business in the city and followed a lifelong dream to save
Rhino, rhino poaching, rhino horn, legalize rhino horn trade, de-horn rhino, South Africa, Joseph Okori WWF Since we started the Nikela Rhino Rescue revolution I’ve had this photo as my wall paper. Today as I looked at it I felt a deep sadness. Here is this gentle beast along with kudu, zebra and wildebeest absolutely
