The First Undercover Investigation into Rhino Horn Trafficking in China in Decades!

Over and Above Africa Advisory Board Member, Andrea Crosta, along with the amazing team at Elephant Action League (EAL) are proud to release GRINDING RHINO, a public report detailing another expansive and successful undercover investigative operation. In response to unprecedented growth in rhinoceros poaching rates in the past ten years, and enduring consumer demand for rhinoceros horn in both China and Vietnam, EAL commenced Operation Red Cloud in August 2016 and ended it in June 2017.Operation Red Cloud is the first undercover investigation into rhino horn trafficking in China in decades. This 11-month intelligence gathering and investigative operation was designed to expose and map the networks, the players and the means (or ‘modus operandi’) by which rhino horn is trafficked into China. Read the entire report by clicking on the post title!

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Updates

Meet the two women behind a revolutionary new approach to saving the rhino.

We were recently interviewed by The Australian Rhino Project about our work in Over and Above Africa - click here to read the article and learn more about the nearly 7,000 members in Australia who have joined our fight to prevent extinction! 

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Andrea Crosta - O&AA Advisory Board Member

We are thrilled to share our Board Member, Andrea Crosta's recent conversation with the EarthTalk audience (similar to TedTalks)  

Andrea and his team work on the intelligence side of anti-poaching.  It's not only vital but effective.  They recently brought down a long time kingpin and his syndicate which hit the news stands in Asia and here in the US which we shared earlier last week.  For more about our friend and advisory board member, Andrea Crosta - click on the link below!

 Andrea's recent EarthTalk  

Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage - Attack

This was a particularly heinous act where 8 heavily armed men attacked the staff and volunteers at Thula Thula Rhino Orphanage in the Kwa-Zulu-Natel region, South Africa.  They tied up and beat the staff and raped a female volunteer before killing two of the rhino babies who were soon to be released back into the wild after a successful rehabilitation by Thula Thula.   Just to poach their horns.  The double tragedy was that these two rhino babies had been victims of a poaching incident where their mothers were killed by poachers.  Rhino babies and elephant calves NEED their mothers longer than most animal offspring.  

We have friends in Africa who have reported back to us that an international intelligence unit has been called in to find these criminals and bring them to justice.  In the mean time, we are raising funds for the medical costs, vet's bills, counseling that will be needed and most importantly, stronger security and safety measures. 

Here's the link to our Go Fund Me campaign please share with your friends and families as the more we raise, the faster their recovery needs will be met. 

Boots-For-Rangers Fundraiser - We Succeeded!

We are delighted to share that we just reached our goal of raising $5,000 to give new boots, night vision binoculars and flak jackets to the rangers at Nambiti (Kwa-Zulu-Natel) and we will be sending the items to the rangers in the first of the year and filming them receiving the goods!

They have no idea that we came home to support them this way, and we can't wait to watch their reactions when they realize that friends from the other side of the world cared enough to support them and bring them comfort in 2017.    

Thank you from the bottom of our hearts!   This was our first campaign raise for Over and Above Africa and we raised the funds with a week to spare!  

Merry Christmas, Happy Holidays and Happy Chanukah to all of our friends, we look forward to a very exciting 2017 with you! 

Kerry and the Over and Above Africa team.