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Another Rhino Killed A young female black rhino, called “Umlali” by the Lowveld Rhino Trust monitors, was shot by poachers…View Full Release »
Poachers Target Black Rhino Mother After Killing Her Calf The sixteen-month-old calf of Sinikwe was killed by poachers on the…View Full Release »
Rhinos in Zimbabwe are now being specifically targeted and killed by poachers for their horns, often leaving behind calves that are still nursing and cannot survive on their own.
Rhino poaching deaths nearly doubled in 2008 – and these are only the deaths we know about! And, only two months into 2009, more poaching deaths have already occurred this year than during the entire twelve months of 2006.
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In Rhino Rescue, Emmy-award-winning National Geographic filmmakers Dereck and Beverly Joubert document a massive rhino relocation effort in Botswana. View…View Full Release »
Only 60 Javan rhinos are believed to survive and efforts to conserve them are hampered because so little is known…View Full Release »
My name is Maman Suherman or my friends call me Maman. I have been a member of the Rhino Protection…View Full Release »
My name is Marsum; I am an RPU member. I work in Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park (BBS) in Sumatra. One of my duties is helping with community outreach activities in BBS. This activity is not the main job of RPUs but is becoming an important component to help us to engage local villages and communities, and especially farmers.
International Donors Enable Critical Medical Care of Rare Sumatran Rhinoceros
Each year the American Association of Zoo keepers (AAZK) sponsors a fund raising bowl-a-thon called Bowling For Rhinos (BFR). Over 60 AAZK…View Full Release »
By: Sujoy Banerjee Director, Species Conservation WWF-India View a complete photo gallery here. It was a long wait for this…View Full Release »