The Wilderness Foundation has expressed its ongoing concern at the recent poaching of 2 rhino in the Eastern Cape. The poaching took place at Mount Camdeboo Private Game Reserve yesterday. In this poaching incident, a mother and her 2 ½ year old sub-adult calf were butchered, and the mother's full term (unborn) calf also died. The Wilderness Foundation, through the Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative, along with other partners, has offered a R150 000 reward for information leading to a … [Read more...] about R150 000 Rhino Poaching Reward
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Vietnamese Stars Support Rhino Campaign
The Wilderness Foundation, as part of their Forever Wild Rhino Protection Initiative, will be hosting Vietnamese pop singers Thu Minh and Thanh Bui in Port Elizabeth from the 11th to the 14th of April 2014. The visit forms part of a Demand Reduction Strategy developed in order to assist in addressing the rhino poaching crisis by reducing demand for rhino horn in user countries. Official records released by the Department of Environmental Affairs on 14 March 2014 indicate that 172 rhino have … [Read more...] about Vietnamese Stars Support Rhino Campaign
Wilderness Foundation pleads rhino case in Washington DC
Wilderness Foundation director Andrew Muir delivered the devastating facts of the South African rhino poaching crisis to over 70 senior staff of US Senators and Congressmen on Monday, March 05, 2012. He was addressing members of the International Conservation Caucus (ICC) at an ICC Foundation hosted event in Washington, DC. "The main aim of my trip to the United States is to bring US policy leaders up to date on the current rhino poaching crisis and emphasize the Foundation's view that rhino … [Read more...] about Wilderness Foundation pleads rhino case in Washington DC
Joint Co-operation Against Rhino Poaching
Environmental Affairs tightens job creation plan Cape Town – The Department of Environmental Affairs is set to speed up its contributions towards job creation by implementing the Natural Resources Management and Social Responsibility Programme. Minister in the department, Edna Molewa, said the "Working for" projects, which used to be under the Department of Water Affairs, had been integrated along with other programmes in the Department of Environmental Affairs. This would consolidate … [Read more...] about Joint Co-operation Against Rhino Poaching
Rhino Poaching Video – Not for Sensitive Viewers
On Friday 11 February 2011 the owners of Kariega Game Reserve were rendered speechless with shock to see that one of their Rhinos horns had been evilly butchered and chopped off during the course of the night before. See: Can You Even Begin to Imagine This Rhino’s Pain? At the time we saw some horrendous images of the Rhino in it's last moments before having to be put down. The video below was not allowed to be released until Carte Blanche had had their moment in the sun with the story … [Read more...] about Rhino Poaching Video – Not for Sensitive Viewers
