Texas Fish & Game

The National News of Texas

February 4, 2021

Rhino Poaching Declines And Increases

World Wildlife Fund (WWF) welcomes the news today of a 33 percent reduction in the number of rhinos lost to poaching in South Africa in 2020 and ongoing decline in the number of rhinos lost annually […]
July 16, 2020

Rhino Poaching Down in South Africa

Rhino poaching in South Africa continues to decline as additional steps are taken by government to ensure the crime is effectively dealt with. The Minister of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries, Ms Barbara Creecy, says the steps […]
November 6, 2019

Rhinoceros Trafficker Busted!

An Irish national who was extradited to the United States pleaded guilty and was sentenced for his role in trafficking a libation cup made from the horn of a protected rhinoceros. After entering his guilty plea […]
March 13, 2019

A Conversation About Poaching, Hunter Recruitment and More (Podcast)

Poaching is a serious and growing threat in much of the world and that is what begins a fascinating conversation between TF&G Editor-In-Chief Chester Moore and Houston Safari Club Executive Director Joe Betar. Listen the podcast […]
January 11, 2018

Could Texas Become Safe Haven for Rhinos?

It is the most valuable wildlife commodity in the world. Fetching up to $60,000 a pound on the black market, the rhinoceros horn is coveted greatly by millionaires in Asia who use it as a status […]
December 24, 2013

Rhino smuggling kingpin busted

Zhifei Li, the owner of an antique business in China, pleaded guilty today to being the organizer of an illegal wildlife smuggling conspiracy in which 30 rhinoceros horns and numerous objects made from rhino horn and […]