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For rhino specialists, translocation has been one of the most important tools in the conservation box of tricks.
By unlocking the full potential of rhino ovaries, we hope to produce enough eggs to revive the northern white rhino in the wild.
The world mourns the loss of Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhino. Can anything stop the slide of the species towards extinction?
Scientists have created embryos from the eggs of southern white rhino and sperm from their northern counterparts.
Rhino resurrection is tempting, but if humans cannot save a species in nature, what future for animals that we manufacture?
The rhino horn auction in South Africa is a serious setback in the fight against poaching and the survival of wild rhinos. The chances of the horns remaining in the country are next to zero.
South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province is bearing the brunt of renewed rhino poaching efforts. This is a result of increased security and anti-poaching in the Kruger National Park.
Swaziland hoped to be allowed to legally trade rhino horns but the idea was rejected by vote at the CITES conference.
Initiatives to curb rhino poaching in the Kruger National Park has shown improvement compared to last year. But poaching in other parks has increased.
Top contributors
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Ecologist, Edinburgh Napier University
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Visiting Professor, University of Kent
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Associate Professor in Conservation Geography, University of Helsinki
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Senior Research Associate, Institute for the Future of Knowledge, University of Johannesburg
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Associate Professor in Ovarian Physiology, Lead for Ovarian Cryopreservation and Fertility Preservation Research, Lead of Rhino Fertility Project, University of Oxford
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Researcher, Stellenbosch University
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Postdoctoral Researcher in the Conservation of Endangered Species, University of Oxford
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Freelance conservation ecologist, Nelson Mandela University
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Chair IUCN rhino specialist group and Research Associate, Nelson Mandela University
