Animal Rights – Bonsai is an art. It is also a business, and one that is coming with cost to the white-headed langur, an endangered monkey of Vietnam. Much of the problem stems around the desire for bonsai growers for the Ficus benjamica, a fig that is regularly taken out from the root...

Animal Rights – Four people working in South Africa’s famed Kruger National Park have been arrested in connection with rhino poaching, the country’s national parks body announced today. The arrested officials include two field guides and a ranger, all detained after two...

Animal Rights – South African veterinarian Charles van Niekerk has proposed a new way to thwart rhinoceros poaching: injecting their tusks with toxic chemicals. Even though it sounds iffy and unsafe, the pseudo-poison is borderline harmless to rhinos and it may discourage poachers from...

Animal Rights – National Wildlife Crime Unit (NWCU) alerted zoos around the globe that poachers are hunting animals inside of the zoo walls. Specifically, poachers are targeting rhino horns as a new rumor says that they will cure cancer. Apparently, the NWCU warning is not a far reach...

Animal Rights – South Africa has something of a controversy on its hands. The recent decision to auction off a white rhinoceros hunting permit has caused a debate between animal rights activists and national conservationists. The country has decided to auction off the hunting permit (for...