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Total of 668 poached in South Africa in 2012, exceeding 448 poachings in 2011 NAIROBI, Kenya, January 11, 2013 -- An unprecedented number of rhinos--668 in total--were poached in 2012 in South Africa, according to final numbers…

Esmond Bradley Martin, one of the world’s premier wildlife researchers and investigators, was found dead at his home on Sunday. Bradley Martin was an eccentric and driven protector of wildlife who frequently set aside his own safety to further the…

There are more than 8,000 critically endangered plant and animal species in the wild. Estimates of endangered or vulnerable wildlife on the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species are equally alarming — over…

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Red List of Threatened Species, over 40,000 species are threatened with extinction, making up 28 percent of all assessed animals, plants, and fungi. On Endangered Species Day,…

AWF’s Species team works with national governments to assess the status of a species population, set a vision for the future of that population—including factors affecting its relationship with people and the land—and identify clear approaches to…

Call to Action for World Rhino Day Encourages Bipartisan Efforts to Stop the Trade of Endangered Species and Increased Diplomacy to Close High-Risk Wildlife Markets WASHINGTON, D.C. AND NAIROBI, KENYA (September 22, 2020) – On World Rhino Day…

The tons of ivory, rhino horn, and pangolin scales seized at ports and borders across Africa are a sobering reminder of the number of elephants, rhinos, and pangolins killed annually for the illegal wildlife trade. Illicit trade, valued at USD $7-23…

There are about 25,000 rhinos in all of Africa today. This number becomes more meaningful — and painful — when you consider rhinos’ former strength on the continent. Black rhinos once numbered in the hundreds of thousands, perhaps up to 850,000,…

On World Ranger Day, the International Ranger Federation estimated that more than one-and-a-half million rangers are needed to achieve our global targets by 2030. Yet, the current ranger workforce stands at 286,000, showing the need to invest in a…

Thanks to concerted efforts by many, including the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF), the black rhino is no longer on the brink of extinction.Today, the World Conservation Union (IUCN) estimates that 3,600 black rhinos roam in Africa, 500 more than…

A coalition of wildlife non-governmental organisations actively combating the illegal rhino horn trade has declared its opposition to the use of bioengineered rhino horn as a measure to curb poaching. The coalition, which includes…

The African Wildlife Foundation has been at the forefront of rhinoceros conservation for several decades. In the early 1970s rhino horn was in high demand in the Middle East, Asia and Africa, and these magnificent creatures were being poached to the…

WildAid and its partners the African Wildlife Foundation and CHANGE kicked off a second year of the Stop Using Rhino Horn campaign in Vietnam with a Friday launch event, where diplomats and celebrity ambassadors came together to raise awareness…

By Peter Knights, Executive Director of WildAid Experts in rhino conservation met last week in Nairobi convened by the African Wildlife Foundation (AWF) and Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) in response to a rhino poaching epidemic gripping…

Last week, the effort to raise awareness in Vietnam about the plight of the rhino was in full swing as 20 famous Vietnamese celebrities, musicians and artists took part in a two-hour, nationally broadcast show called The Call of the Wild. …