Share ideas that matter on the social web and experience
the benefits of curating the world's best content.
I don't have a Facebook, a Twitter or a LinkedIn account
 Your new post is loading...
Scoop.it!
"A team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police nabbed two persons with a rhino horn in Sunsari district.
According to the Police, the arrestees include Rajan Prasad Nepal (35) and Amar Mahato of Morang district." Via Dan Costa No comment yet.
Sign up to comment
Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Meanwhile, a one-horned rhino has been battling for life in Orang National Park after sustaining bullet injuries. Forest staff said poachers attacked the rhino when it strayed out of the park on Monday night. "The rhino was attacked by a group of poachers in the park early on Tuesday. According to the reports received from witnesses, a bullet hit the animal. But it is reported to be alive and battling for life," said a forest official. He added that the poachers managed to flee from the park before the authorities launched a search operation." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Despite a number of scientific studies showing that rhino horn has no curative properties, supermodel, entrepreneur, and recent host ofBritain's Next Top Model, Elle Macpherson, says she ingests powdered rhino horn because: "[it] works for me". In an interview withThe Times Onlinevia Twitter, Elle Macpherson says the illegal substance tastes like "crushed bone and fungus"." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
A woman is in a serious condition after being attacked by a rhino at a game park in Roodepoort on Saturday, Gauteng paramedics said. (RT @Percy_Petch: Is that what we are saving them for? Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Since the birth of this new year Kenya has lost three rhinos to poaching with a Kenya Wildlife Service Ranger shot and in the hospital recovering. Via Dan Costa 
Dan Costa's curator insight,
January 4, 10:51 AM
Three rhinos have been poached and one KWS ranger has been shot in the first days of 2013 already. In addition, KWS officials estimate they are losing one to two elephants a day to poachers.
Also, The African Environmental Film Foundation will debut their film "White Gold" at the CITES March 2013 conference in Bangkok, Thailand.
"White Gold" trailer: Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
The last seven Northern white rhinos left in the world are in the conservancy of Ol Pejeta in Central Kenya. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Three rhinos have been killed and their horns hacked off in two separate incidents in Nanyuki over the last few days. One female black rhino was killed at the Ol Jogi Ranch on Monday. She left behind a calf which is reportedly too young to survive on its own.
In the other incident, a white rhino and her calf were killed in Solio Ranch on the morning of New Year's Day. "Gunshots were heard at about 2am which Kenya Wildlife Service rangers responded to. A confrontation between the rangers and the poachers ensued." confirmed Aggrey Maumo, the KWS assistant director in charge of the Mt Kenya region." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
A controversial strategy to thwart rhino poaching is being considered, writes Sue Blaine Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Just over a week into the new year and things have been no better for rhinos. Four white rhino were killed for their horns in Zimbabwe on New Year’s Day, while two rhinos were poached in Kruger National Park in South Africa over the weekend and another in Madikwe Game Reserve. A recent study entitled “The Dalberg Report: Fighting Illicit Wildlife Trafficking” found efforts to stop the illegal trade in animal parts to be ineffectual." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Poachers are laying siege to Fortress Kaziranga, attempting to sheer off the animals' horns to supply a surge in demand for purported medicine in China that's pricier than gold. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
During the first ten days of 2013, a total of seven rhinos have already been killed in South Africa and India, while arrests have been made in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Johannesburg - Some of the world’s leading mathematicians will travel to South Africa next week to try come up with a mathematical equation that might help authorities fight the bloody scourge of rhino poaching.
Mathematicians from the UK, Russia, India and Australia, with their South African counterparts, will converge at Wits University in Johannesburg on Monday for a five-day Mathematics in Industry Study Group workshop.... Via Wildlife Margrit 
Wildlife Margrit's curator insight,
January 9, 7:46 PM
It worked in the TV show NUMBERS, maybe it will in real life tool Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Skukuza — South Africa's fight against rhino poaching has been dealt a blow, with three rhinos already killed in the Kruger National Park since the beginning of the year.
All three rhinos were shot dead and dehorned on January 1, according to Kruger managing executive Abe Sibiya.
"In the first incident, two white rhino were shot and killed on the Houtboschrand section of the Kruger National Park. Indications are that the two animals were shot on January 1 by a poaching group from Mozambique. Their horns were removed and the group escaped," Sibiya said on Wednesday.... Via Wildlife Margrit Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
Scoop.it!
"Just over a week into the new year and things have been no better for rhinos. Four white rhino were killed for their horns in Zimbabwe on New Year’s Day, while two rhinos were poached in Kruger National Park in South Africa over the weekend and another in Madikwe Game Reserve. A recent study entitled “The Dalberg Report: Fighting Illicit Wildlife Trafficking” found efforts to stop the illegal trade in animal parts to be ineffectual." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Poachers are laying siege to Fortress Kaziranga, attempting to sheer off the animals' horns to supply a surge in demand for purported medicine in China that's pricier than gold. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
During the first ten days of 2013, a total of seven rhinos have already been killed in South Africa and India, while arrests have been made in India, Nepal, Thailand, and Vietnam. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
Rhinoceros horns have long been objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them as dagger handles or good luck charms. Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Five black rhino males have been earmarked to be hunted as trophy animals following the latest approval and release by Cabinet of the hunting concessions from next year to 2017. These concessions all apply to state-owned land outside registered conservancies." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Thai authorities have seized more than $500,000 worth of rhino horn from passenger's luggage at a Bangkok airport.
Thai Customs officer Khanit Isdul said Sunday that officials acting on a tip-off found four rhino horns in the passenger's luggage at Suvarnabhumi International Airport." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"South African National Parks (SANParks) announced that three rhinos had been lost since the beginning of this year.
They were poached in two separate incidents. A hunting rifle and two sets of horns were recovered." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"A team deployed from the Central Investigation Bureau of Nepal Police nabbed two persons with a rhino horn in Sunsari district.
According to the Police, the arrestees include Rajan Prasad Nepal (35) and Amar Mahato of Morang district." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"2012 was a brutal year for the rhino population in South Africa. 633 deaths were recorded, a record number that has alarmed conservationists.
Poachers kill rhinos for their ivory and often leave orphaned calves behind.
But there are people willing to help protect these vulnerable creatures.
Nomsa Maseko visited the world's first rhino orphanage." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
"Despite a number of scientific studies showing that rhino horn has no curative properties, supermodel, entrepreneur, and recent host ofBritain's Next Top Model, Elle Macpherson, says she ingests powdered rhino horn because: "[it] works for me". In an interview withThe Times Onlinevia Twitter, Elle Macpherson says the illegal substance tastes like "crushed bone and fungus"." Via Dan Costa Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
The lions cowered (main picture) as a group of visitors - some of who were children - joined in at Hangzhou Zoo in eastern China. Via Wildlife Margrit
Sue Woolley's insight:
see what a race these are ...pelting lions for fun .....sick bastards Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
Scoop.it!
NAIROBI (Reuters) - Poachers killed a family of 11 elephants in the biggest single mass shooting of the animals on record in Kenya, wildlife officials said on Monday.A gang of about 10 attackers hacked... Via Wildlife Margrit Delete the scoop?
Are you sure you want to delete this scoop?
Yes
|
