Stop "Made in China" - A Global Conservation Movement

26/10/2025

https://krcrtv.com/news/nation-world/rhino-horns-thousands-of-pieces-of-elephant-ivory-seized-in-california?fbclid=IwY2xjawNrEgRleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHmkBp3H-ycQ3D0mDb5hZCwC7u_YFyVllBdqDrniFBRq-U8wbp4Ofw3geMb57_aem_3IHHWeftxnsECpWKH9C5IQ

California wildlife officers have seized a massive cache of illegal animal parts, including rhino horns, elephant ivory and carved tusks, after uncovering an al

25/10/2025

https://www.downtoearth.org.in/wildlife-biodiversity/wildlife-trafficking-widespread-but-major-offenders-escape-with-soft-penalties-finds-report?fbclid=IwY2xjawNqEOVleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHt2de8_dHRTYG_7Zff0Enpt-oKve669C-z3TlrLg0pXUdVKQqIODpEqqIEDS_aem_DQuZ70MokbEAb5b5Px8CZQ New study finds wildlife trafficking offences widespread across 19 key jurisdictions

Rhino horn supply chain used as case study of transnational organised crime

High-level offenders often escape with fines or short sentences

Lower-level actors face harsher sanctions, exposing major disparities

Report calls for stronger laws, proportional sentencing and global cooperation

A recent study by the Wildlife Justice Commission reveals widespread wildlife trafficking across 19 jurisdictions, with high-level offenders often escaping with minimal penalties. The report highlights significant disparities in sentencing, where lower-level actors face harsher punishments. It calls...

20/10/2025

https://www.ewn.co.za/inside-the-brutal-rhino-horn-trade-derek-lewittons-story/?fbclid=IwT01FWANi19JleHRuA2FlbQIxMAABHkZeoURrx3sLVQXRoTXhvq5Cxh1M6gZIHSi_AU_Yo5FCtoKw0tInNc8ndPCo_aem_l49yVRTT4Ui1Qddv7_9aeg

South Africa now stands at a crossroads. The stockpiles could save rhinos or serve as a pipeline for corruption.

12/10/2025

https://en.antaranews.com/news/381564/indonesia-adopts-biobank-tech-to-save-endangered-javan-rhinos

The Indonesian government is moving forward with technological interventions to help increase the population of endangered animals, particularly the Javan ...

11/10/2025

https://theconversation.com/the-near-extinction-of-rhinos-is-at-risk-of-being-normalised-265792?fbclid=IwY2xjawNXhwJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHuwQopLuHIo15gkTYwUkI2bJ9QSMz2JFhcRNl-MyGfKftzllwv1SY_Vg07yI_aem_kq-bf-X3MTshsLIwyGu4rQ What next for rhino?
To save the rhino, we’ll need to disrupt all parts of the illegal rhino horn chain, prevent and catch poachers and traffickers, and put the kingpins behind transnational syndicates out of commission. However, the most impactful long-term action remains comparatively under-resourced: reducing demand.

Large-scale, long-term, well-backed “demand reduction” campaigns to deter ownership and use of rhino horn are needed, especially in Asia where demand is highest. It may take years to shift attitudes. But demand reduction is much safer.

A new report shows rhino numbers are now stable – but still only a fraction of what they once were.

22/09/2025

Today is World RHINO Day!
Boycott Chinese and all goods from SE Asia.
Those places are the end game for crime syndicates and poachers.

21/09/2025

https://www.zimlive.com/chinese-national-jailed-18-years-for-illegal-rhino-horn-and-ivory-dealings/ HARARE – A Chinese man has been sentenced to 18 years in prison after being convicted of illegally dealing in wildlife, in one of the stiffest penalties handed down in Zimbabwe’s ongoing crackdown on poaching and the illicit wildlife trade.

A Harare magistrates on Thursday convicted Cong Yanzhong, 57, on two counts of unlawfully dealing in wildlife products.

He was arrested in July after detectives recovered 7.7kg of rhino horn worth US$240,000 and 36kg of raw ivory valued at just over US$6,000 from his possession and residence.

According to the National Prosecuting Authority, detectives acting on a tip-off traile

‘The sentencing sends a strong message that Zimbabwe has zero tolerance for wildlife crime’ - NPA

19/09/2025

https://rhinos.org/about-rhinos/state-of-the-rhino/?fbclid=IwY2xjawM5k5dleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETFqbnRINDNJd0FhVGlBSHQ1AR4WpeD7JlTwFRrEgxUJMf3cfhibcvXJkieQJO-RVi1M-hSekDI28EEPtze48g_aem_0ZgLQlCAaEWsiRiRxFyJzg

View our most current State of the Rhino to see recent statistics and information on the current state of the rhino in various countries.

11/09/2025

Rhino horn is smuggled by air from Johannesburg and Addis Ababa, routed through Dubai and Doha and sometimes Paris and London to throw off law enforcement. Ivory departs in shipping containers from ports in Dar es Salaam, Nampula and Durban, ending up in Singapore, Sihanoukville, Huangpu and Haiphong. Gold mined illegally in Zimbabwe’s mineral-rich Kwekwe gold fields and deep shaft mines in the towns of Krugersdorp, Carletonville, Klerksdorp and Welkom on South Africa’s Vaal Reef is processed and eventually laundered through Dubai. Gold is smuggled by the tonne into countries along the strife-torn Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)’s eastern border and laundered through Rwanda, Burundi, Uganda, Tanzania and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). In northern Mozambique and South Africa’s KwaZulu-Natal province, Islamic State-aligned insurgents and supporters have been implicated in criminal economies, gold smuggling, and kidnapping and extortion schemes to raise funds.

In addition to local criminal actors, the region has attracted a coterie of international criminal players. For instance, networks from China, Pakistan and Iran are known to interface with African intermediaries for drug trafficking (drug precursor chemicals, methamphetamine and he**in) and wildlife smuggling (notably of abalone and ivory). In Southern Africa, Nigerian and Congolese syndicates, often operating from hubs such as Johannesburg, coordinate regional drug distribution and financial fraud schemes while also connecting to global diaspora networks.

30/08/2025

https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2025-08-21-how-john-hume-allegedly-schemed-to-defy-global-rhino-horn-trade-ban/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMf7D9leHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHpC8ZKrOJj1zjBd2iPphrerLleiPT15Ho8t_orGGxJ1QeC-3D_6P7an_cPFI_aem_q8UjP_YC8YgA1U8kMb6rFA

The State alleges that Hume, in association with his five alleged co-conspirators, knew or ought to have known that their enterprise ‘uses or invests, directly or indirectly (Hume’s) rhino horns, other rhino horns and rhino skins to fuel the illegal market’.

21/08/2025

https://helpingrhinos.org/rhino-horn-trafficking-arrests/
The recent arrests of the John Hume syndicate is demonstrative of the depth of the illegal trade in rhino horns. This is not just impoverished communities sneaking in and out of protected areas to poach rhinos. Here is another clear example of how legalising trade could be misused and stimulate illegal trade. The end-user markets must be brought on board to reduce demand and white-collar criminals, and corrupt officials must be brought to book. Our rangers work day and night to buy time for the rhinos, and it is these higher-level criminals our enforcement agencies must be focusing on. My faith in the South African justice system is restored through this case and we wish the prosecutions authority every strength to their arm to see that justice is served.

Craig Spencer
Founder, The Black Mambas

Rhinos Need Your Help

21/08/2025

https://www.moneyweb.co.za/news/south-africa/sa-man-who-bred-worlds-biggest-rhino-herd-charged-with-horn-smuggling/?fbclid=IwY2xjawMT_9RleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETBjcWZkdjRCdEtnQ2tSdTd1AR7-4qYIITMxAjoFtvWjhw1MOZlajo8LhN63wg7UKhkfEmOakyBnAa1ej4ylHQ_aem_I414C07IqnygQ6jLsabV_w
John Hume, the South African who bred the world’s biggest rhino herd, has been arrested on charges of smuggling R250 million ($14 million) worth of the endangered animals’ horns.

Hume, 83, was arrested on Tuesday alongside five other people, including former employees at his ranch, a lawyer, and the head of a rhino-focused nonprofit, South Africa’s National Prosecuting Authority said in a statement

He was arrested alongside five other people following a lengthy investigation by the wildlife trafficking unit of the police.