By Kristine Sabillo A South African court has sentenced a Democratic Republic of Congo national named Francis Kipampa to 18 ...

Poaching for their horns is one of the biggest threats to white rhinos. Their horns are in demand in Asia, primarily in Vietnam and China, for use in traditional medicines and for artistic carvings.

Similarly, white rhinos — once thought to have gone completely extinct — are now near-threatened. The short answer: humans.

Sudan, a northern white rhino and the last male of his ... to eight worldwide because of poachers, who target rhinos for their horns. Workers at the conservancy watch the rhinos around the clock ...

Vietnam’s apparent reluctance to share DNA samples of smuggled horns with South Africa – the country with the largest remaining populations of rhinos in the world, albeit decimated by a ...

By 1900, the white rhino had been reduced from an estimated ... Largely, rhinos are poached for the demand for rhino horn in China, Vietnam and Laos. “We were doing really well,” says Ives.

If you allow your fingernails to grow unchecked they will eventually resemble a rhino horn in no way at all. 5. Black and White rhinos are neither black nor white but rather the same dark grey colour.

White rhinos have two horns, the foremost more prominent than the other. Rhino horns grow as much as three inches a year, and have been known to grow up to five feet long. Females use their horns ...