Poaching for their horns is one of the biggest threats to white rhinos. Their horns are in demand in Asia, primarily in Vietnam and China, for use in traditional medicines and for artistic carvings.

A white rhino can stand six feet at the shoulders and weigh 6,000 pounds or more, with a horn up to six feet in length, and a slightly shorter one just behind. (“Rhinoceros” means “nose horn ...

Four men were arrested for allegedly possessing and dealing rare white rhinoceros’ horns worth around ₹3 crore in the international market, Delhi Police said on Saturday. One of the accused ...

Fall of Tanzania’s white rhinos White rhinos once thrived ... The illegal demand for rhino horn – prized in Asian markets for its supposed medicinal properties – fueled a black-market ...

They are the last two northern white rhinos, which have been considered ... Najin has bad knees owing to her time in ...

Poachers kill rhinos for their horns, which they sell on the black market. There are only two northern white rhinos left in the world, and they live in Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy ...

Archie, a 55-year-old southern white rhino at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens ... Archie also made the news in 2019 when he "bumped" an employee with his horn during a routine training session. The ...

White rhinos have two horns, the foremost more prominent than the other. Rhino horns grow as much as three inches a year, and have been known to grow up to five feet long. Females use their horns ...

Archie, a 55-year-old southern white rhino at the Jacksonville Zoo and Gardens ... news in 2019 when he "bumped" an employee with his horn during a routine training session.