Wednesday Zen Moment: Baby critters in the wild living it up February 17, 2016 For your Wednesday Zen Moment this week, here’s two minutes of video featuring baby critters in the wild. What could be more zen than… Continue Reading
Jackie Chan and Spike the rhino speaks out against rhino poaching November 3, 2015 Tools of the Trade has a very effective video out using Chinese film star Jackie Chan to speak out against rhino poaching Poaching of… Continue Reading
Congress passes Global Anti-Poaching Act to help fight illegal wildlife trade November 3, 2015 In a rare example of bipartisanship, the U.S. Congress has passed the Global Anti-Poaching Act and animal welfare groups are now celebrating. The House of Representatives has… Continue Reading
Pregnant and poached: Illegal wildlife trade claims another rhinoceros despite heroic efforts to save her October 15, 2015 iThemba was pregnant when poachers shot her in the head and hacked away her horn in KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa over the summer. They… Continue Reading
Rhino poachers hunted down, arrested near South African national park August 7, 2015 Eight suspected rhinoceros poachers have now been arrested after a crackdown around Kruger National Park, according to South African National Parks. Rangers were conducting an… Continue Reading
New 24/7 monitoring turns rhinos into cyborgs aimed at terminating poachers. July 22, 2015 Protect RAPID anti-poaching project has an innovation solution to the pressing problem of poachers who target rhinos for their horns. A 24/7 real-time monitoring… Continue Reading
Rhino saved from gruesome injuries as poachers hack off horn May 18, 2015 We have told you before about the work being done by Saving the Survivors. We continue to be amazed. Here is yet another miracle thanks… Continue Reading
Sudan is the world’s last male northern white rhino and he’s a bit lonely May 13, 2015 In central Kenya at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Sudan the last remaining male northern white rhino is surrounded by humans. A team of armed… Continue Reading
South Africa police officer allegedly caught with rhino horns during sting January 19, 2015 A police officer who was allegedly caught in possession of rhino horns during a sting operation has been released on bail. Christopher Gumbi, 48,… Continue Reading
Remember the orphaned baby rhino Gertjie? He has a new BFF, a little lamb October 22, 2014 Last June, Critter Files told our readers labout how Gertjie was so grief-stricken after his mother’s death that he couldn’t sleep alone. That sparked a… Continue Reading