Category: Zimbabwe

Black rhinos are tough. Black rhino populations declined by an estimated 98% between 1960 and 1995, with numbers bottoming out…View Full Release »

In July 2020 on a routine patrol, monitors from the International Rhino Foundation’s (IRF) partner, the Lowveld Rhino Trust (LRT),…View Full Release »

Over 50 rhinos were killed by poachers in Bubye Valley Conservancy (BVC) in early 2019. This heavy poaching pressure resulted…View Full Release »

It has been an incredibly strange and sometimes scary few weeks with a lot of uncertainty, but we’ve been working…View Full Release »

IRF is committed to doing what it takes to ensure that rhinos survive for future generations. In 2019, because of…View Full Release »

Rhino populations are at the tipping point, barely keeping up with devastating losses from poaching. In Africa, criminals killed more…View Full Release »

In Zimbabwe’s private Lowveld conservancies, teams of local rhino monitors, hired from neighboring communities, work tirelessly every day of the…View Full Release »

When you donate to IRF’s Rally for Rangers campaign, you’ll help fund equipment and training for K9 units working to…View Full Release »

Ear-notching is one of several different methods that trackers use to identify individual rhinos in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld region. In combination…View Full Release »

Zimbabwe’s Lowveld Conservancies are home to 90% of the country’s black rhinos — and this genetically diverse and growing population…View Full Release »