The calf muscles run from the back of the knee to about halfway down the lower leg. Learning how to effectively stretch the calf muscles can help reduce tightness, soreness, and pain in these ...

He sprayed it around the horns of the first calf, started dehorning and flames lit up. They were quickly blown out without apparent major damage but this spectacular display led to no more using the ...

The study showed that dehorning consistently reduced poaching, Kuiper said. It found that the dehorning of more than 2,000 rhinos resulted in a 78% reduction in poaching in those eight reserves, ...

Paulina and her calf Cecil, endangered black rhinos, right before they were set free to roam a fenced area in a sanctuary at Zinave National Park, Mozambique, on Aug. 26, 2022.

A new Kruger National Park study has conclusively found that dehorning rhino can save most from poachers, but some will still ...

The calf was found severely dehydrated and alone in the northern region of the Greater Kruger. A late-night rescue was launched and the little one is now recovering at the Care for Wild Rhino ...

Rhino poaching has been reduced by almost 80 per cent since a group has their horns removed by conservationists, a study involving the University of Oxford has found. The study, which monitored more ...

Taking the relatively simple step of trimming the horns of wild rhinoceroses is enough to dramatically reduce the rate at which the animals are killed by poachers.

An international study published today (5 June 2025) in the prestigious journal Science found that dehorning rhinos resulted in a drastic reduction in poaching of these endangered animals. This is ...

By Dann Okoth Poaching has decimated rhino populations across Africa, but a new study finds that dehorning the animals, or ...

A dehorned rhino walks alongside a calf. Timothy Kuiper. Poaching is a major threat to rhinoceroses around the world. In South Africa alone, more than 400 rhinos are killed every year. ...