rhinos

They used to rely on snares, poison and shotguns to kill rhinos for their horns.

THE number of rhinos living wild in Nepal has risen above 500 for the first time since a civil war that led to rampant poaching of the endangered animals, the government said on Sunday.

Ounce for ounce, rhino horns sell for more than gold - one reason why conservationists say Africa's rhinos are facing their worst poaching crisis in decades.

Rangers insert a GPS trackig device into the horn of an eight-year-old rhino at South Africa's Mafikeng Game Reserve on Nov.

Nepal's only zoo has opened a new "honeymoon suite" for its two one-horned rhinos in the hope of persuading the endangered pair to breed for the first time.

Nepal's government was investigating the poaching of rhinos in the Himalayan nation after 28 of the endangered animals were killed over the past 11 months, an official said Monday.

Bowling For Rhinos Benefit Set For May 28 Lion Country Safari's chapter of American Association of Zoo Keepers invites the public to join in striking big while raising money for rhino conservation at the annual Bowling for Rhinos on Friday, May 28 from 7 to 9:30 p.m. at Palm Beach Strike Zone .

The leader of a U.N. program to protect endangered species charged that Zimbabwean security forces are spearheading poaching of elephants and rhinos in the troubled country.

Four of the world's last known eight northern white rhinos landed in Kenya on Sunday and were transported to a game park where officials hope the endangered mammals will reproduce and save their subspecies.

A A updated NAIROBI, Kenya - Kenya and Tanzania could relocate black rhinos to neighboring countries under a plan to increase the endangered species and boost tourism in the region, wildlife officials said Monday.