Dehorning Rhinos Slashes Poaching in South Africa's Greater Kruger

Dehorning rhinos sharply cuts poaching, study finds

What happenedThe most effective way of reducing the widespread poaching of rhinoceroses is cutting off their horns, conservationists and researchers reported Thursday in the journal Science. The study, covering seven years at 11 nature reserves in Southern Africa, found that dehorning reduced rhino poaching by 78% while other, more expensive efforts had no measurable impact.Who said whatRhino horns fetch tens of thousands of dollars in Asia, whe…

To save rhinos, conservationists are removing their horns -- and a study finds it's working

There are fewer than 28,000 rhinos in the world, a steep drop from 500,000 at the start of the 20th century.

How cutting off rhino horns might help curb poaching

A new study has found dehorning rhinos led to a large reduction in poaching in nearly a dozen game reserves in and around the Kruger National Park in northern South Africa

De-horning Rhinos cuts poaching by 78%, landmark study finds

De-horning rhinos cuts poaching by 78%, study finds. It’s cheap, effective, and key to protecting Africa’s endangered rhino population from extinction.

Rhinos best protected by cutting off horns

The best and cheapest way to protect rhinos, whose population has plummeted over the last 15 years because of poaching, is to cut off their horns, according to a new study.