Javan rhinos, once thought safe from poachers, are anything but

By Jason Gilchrist, Lecturer in the School of Applied Sciences, Edinburgh Napier University

I am an ecologist, and I have been lucky to work with white rhino in Africa. This work has involved capturing rhino, dehorning and moving them – methods used to try to save rhino from poachers.

Poachers target these large, plant-eating mammals for the illegal trade in rhino horn, fuelled by demand from Asia, principally China and Vietnam, where the horn is perceived as a status symbol, a cure for illness and an aphrodisiac.

Poaching is the main threat…

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