horn trade

Molewa outlines plans to sell rhino horn and wildlife

Aug 1, 2017 · by Nikela Volunteer/Guest blogger · In: Rhino Tagged: horn trade, legalized rhino horn trade, Ms. Edna Molewa, rhino horn, selling rhino horn

South Africa home to much of Africa’s iconic wildlife moves from conservation to commodity with talks of selling rhino horn. South Africa’s Department of Environmental Affairs is increasingly seeing wildlife a commodity to be marketed rather than protected and a currency for community development. This was made clear yesterday [July 24] at a Parliamentary report-back on the management of rhinos. It outlined licensing the sale of rhino horn and the gift of hundreds of thousands of wild animals for community farming. The Department’s position follows a month-long Rhino Laboratory held last year and was presented by a high-level panel consisting…

Ten Strategies to Save the Rhino: Which will REALLY work?

Jun 4, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Animal Poaching, conservation, endangered, Rhino, rhino poaching Tagged: anti-poaching rangers, de-horning, horn trade, horn treatment, illegal trade, law enforcement, legalize, organized crime, poaching, rhino, rhino poaching, special ops, strategies, training, wildlife trafficking

Many strategies to stop rhino poaching: de-horning to anti-poaching rangers, fix the courts to rhino horn treatment, tackling wildlife trafficking to poverty. It’s been two years since we started Nikela (a US based public charity) as a vehicle to help those on the ground in Africa saving wildlife. In March (2011) we got involved in the race to save the rhino from poaching and the wildlife trafficking of its horn to Asia. We carefully evaluated where your donations can do the most good. It seemed like a simple task. Was I wrong! For the first months it was relatively simple:…