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Newly Recommended Conservation Group: Pangolin Crisis Fund

We are very proud to add the Pangolin Crisis Fund to PoachingFacts’ list of Conservation Groups worth supporting. While this organization does not itself operate on the front-line, which deviates from PoachingFacts’ goal for the list, it is the only...

South Africa Signals Policy Shift That May End Support of Legal Rhino Horn Trade, Ivory Trade, and Captive Lion Breeding

A New Report Kindles Hopes of New Policy in South Africa On 2 May, 2021 the Minister of South Africa’s Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries announced a decision to use a nearly 600-page report as guidance for future directives on management and...

Conservation Groups SRI and IRF Issue Joint Statement Saying “No Evidence” of Links Between Rhino Horn and Coronavirus (COVID-19)

The International Rhino Foundation and Save the Rhino International have released a joint statement on misinformation related to the coronavirus (COVID-19). They explain that there is no evidence of the coronavirus originating from rhino horn, nor is there evidence...

Education for Nature – Vietnam Issues Open Letter Calling for Stronger Wildlife Trade Enforcement in Vietnam

The NGO Education for Nature – Vietnam, supported by the International Rhino Foundation (and others), has issued an open letter calling for stronger action against the wildlife trade in Vietnam. After the outbreak of the coronavirus (COVID-19) the Chinese...

Updates to Recent Elephant and Rhino Poaching Data

We want to give our thanks to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) for providing PoachingFacts with detailed poaching statistics for elephants and rhinoceroses up to and through 2018. We would also like to thank Wildlife Protection Society of India (WPSI) for the basic...

New Article: Buyers of Pangolin Scales

We have released a new, in-depth article in our “Buyers of” series on wildlife trafficking. The article “Buyers of Pangolin Scales” focuses on the high-value pangolin trade and the consumers who have historically and recently purchased pangolin...