February 2010Conservationists across the world are celebrating a pregnancy in one of the world's most endangered species, the Sumatran rhino. The pregnancy of female Ratu and male Andalas is giving hope to international rhino biologists. The breeding occurred at Indonesia's Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park after international efforts led to the pair's introduction. The calf is expected to be born in May 2011. Click here to read a full press release from the International Rhino FoundationEnvironmental campaigners have called on Britain to take a clear lead in opposing the proposals by Tanzania and Zambia to sell their ivory stocks, which will be voted on at the next meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Qatar in March. To read about demands to lift the ban on tusk sales click here. Click here to read about the implications in the Selous.
January 2010This month, Tichaona Mutyairi, a Zimbabwe rhino poacher with the infamous Mazhongwe gang, was sentenced to 17 years in jail after being captured during an exchange of gunfire with the police in October 2009. Although a regional court in the town of Masvingo took a strict stance, punishing the poacher to the full extent of Zimbabwe's wildlife and firearm laws, this sentence remains a rare occurence among captured poachers. To read the press release from the IRF click here. To donate to our Crisis Zimbabwe appeal click here. December 2009A highly informative report from the IUCN Species Survival Commission, African and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups and TRAFFIC to the CITES Secretariat pursuant to Resolution Conf. 9.14 (Rev. CoP14) and Decision 14.89:African and Asian Rhinoceroses – Status, Conservation and Trade
August 2009Following the sad death of Judy the bloodhound, Giles Sim donated two bloodhounds, one of which Save the Rhino sponsored, to assist with anti poaching efforts in Kenya:Bloodhounds to help track rhino poachers in KenyaReadyfield bloodhounds arrive in Africa to protect rhinos
July 2009CITES Document (SC58 Inf. 10) highlights that rhino poaching is to hit a 15 year high:Status, conservation and trade in African and Asian rhinoceroses
Click here to read the response from IRF and SRI