What we’re doing
Poaching to feed the illegal wildlife trade is not a local problem. It is a global issue that has far reaching impacts from the ground up. WWF and our wildlife trade program called TRAFFIC are working to combat the crisis on different levels.
Locally, we support anti-poaching operations, the introduction of new technologies like transmitters in rhino horns, facilitate regional dialogues on security and raise awareness among the public. TRAFFIC also provides information to law enforcement agencies globally on the latest developments and assists in coordinating their efforts to combat international trafficking.
In South Africa, WWF’s Black Rhino Range Expansion Project aims to increase the overall numbers of black rhino by making available additional breeding lands. This is done by forming partnerships with owners of large areas of natural black rhino habitat. So far, 98 black rhino have been translocated to new rangelands and at least 26 calves have been born on project sites. In December 2010, South Africa’s Eastern Cape Parks and Tourism Authority committed to donating 20 black rhino to the project in an effort to aid South Africa in reaching its national target of 5,000 black rhinos.
In the international arena, we work to reduce demand in consumer nations and stop wildlife trafficking through initiatives liking aiding enforcement officials to detect rhino horn in transit. With funding from the US government, TRAFFIC facilitated a visit of five South African officials to Vietnam, the country heavily implicated in the recent poaching surge, in October 2010. The visit was an important first step to discuss strategies to combat the illegal rhino horn trade.
http://www.worldwildlife.org/who/media/press/2011/WWFPresitem19253.html?enews=enews1101tand then there is the rhino website to keep up with almost daily news
http://www.rhinoconservation.org/
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