Legalising rhino horn trade: don’t charge in blind: Legalising the trade of rhino horns has long been thought of as the solution to the poaching problem. Shutterstock Between 2008 and 2016, poachers killed more than 7100 rhinos in Africa. South Africa, which has nearly 80% of Africa’s rhinos, was the worst affected country, with more …
Why allowing the sale of horn stockpiles is a setback for rhinos in the wild: South Africa lost over 1000 rhinos to poaching last year. Shutterstock A South African court has ordered the government to release a permit to the world’s largest rhino breeder, John Hume. The permit will allow him to host a 3-day …
Qatar’s conflict with its neighbours can easily set the Horn of Africa alight: A Djibouti soldier along the border with Eritrea after conflict flared in 2008. Reuters/Omar Hassan It began as a squabble between Arab allies, but the standoff between Qatar and its neighbours is threatening to engulf the Horn of Africa. When Saudi Arabia, …
South Africa in the news: Despite poaching, South Africa plans to allow rhino horn trade and limited exports: JOHANNESBURG (AP) — South Africa’s government is moving ahead with plans to allow a domestic trade and limited export of rhino horns, alarming many international conservationists who believe rhinos will be more vulnerable to poachers after a …
Faith and money from the Middle East fuelling tensions in the Horn of Africa: A squadron of UAE Mirage fighter planes such as this one at the Dubai Airshow are stationed in Eritrea for Yemeni operations. Reuters/Caren Firouz Relations between the Horn of Africa and the Arabian Peninsula go back centuries, with trade playing a …
Castro’s troubled legacy in the Horn of Africa: hero or villain?: Fidel Castro poured troops into Ethiopia's war with Somalia after describing Siad Barre as "above all a chauvinist". Reuters/Prensa Latina In southern Africa, Fidel Castro is almost universally seen as a hero. After all it is the Cuban leader who sent his forces to …
Little girl begs crew on huge ship to toot its horn – instantly realises it was a big mistake: We've all had moments in life where we've insisted we know what's best for us, then immediately learned that we were totally wrong. She really, really wanted a huge ship to toot its horn as a …
The ban on rhino horn sales leaves open the question of conservation funding: Swaziland is home to 73 white rhino. Shutterstock Swaziland’s proposal to the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) to be able to trade in rhino horn has been decisively defeated. Member states at Cop17 overwhelmingly …
Rhino horn and conservation: to trade or not to trade, that is the question: White rhino on Lake Nakuru in Kenya. Shutterstock Africa’s rhinos are seriously threatened by poaching, which feeds the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam and China. Rhino horn is a long-used ingredient in Chinese traditional medicine and is now even more …
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