A qualified veterinary nurse, Robin Allix has in recent years travelled to South Africa in order to take part in conservation work aimed at preventing wild animals from being targeted by poachers. She ...

Rhino dehorning became a common strategy in Southern Africa as poaching ramped up a decade or so ago. The procedure, which is thought to be painless, involves sedating rhinos and then sawing off the ...

From caring for household pets to wild animals, a Purdue-University educated veterinarian takes her skills beyond central ...

COLUMN. According to a study conducted in 11 South African reserves between 2017 and 2023, dehorning reduced poaching by 78%.

Poachers sometimes kill a rhino outright, or tranquilize it before cutting off its horn, sometimes hacking off a large portion of the animal’s face, leaving it bleeding to death.

Poachers sometimes kill a rhino outright, or tranquilize it before cutting off its horn, sometimes hacking off a large portion of the animal’s face, leaving it bleeding to death.

The value of rhino horn must be redefined—not as a status symbol or medicine, but as something most precious when attached to a living rhino. Conservation success stories like the recovery of the ...

Poaching has decimated rhino populations across Africa, but a new study finds that dehorning the animals, or surgically removing their horns, drastically reduces poaching. The study focused on 11 ...