Tag: rhino

“Crockett” is the first southern black rhino born at a private breeding facility in North America since IRF launched the…View Full Release »

The Javan rhino is the rarest of the world’s five remaining rhino species, having lost most of its Asian tropical…View Full Release »

With deepest sadness, the IRF is sorry to share news of the death of Suci, the only female Sumatran rhino…View Full Release »

Representatives of the Save Our Species (SOS) Fund recently visited Rhino Protection Units (RPUs) in Indonesia. SOS is a collaborative…View Full Release »

IRF executive director Susie Ellis and program officer Bill Konstant recently visited the Phinda Private Game Reserve in South Africa….View Full Release »

Indonesian biologists Inov and Yanto stand in a patch of new forest growth that is helping to increase habitat for…View Full Release »

De-horning rhinos is one method sometimes used to discourage poachers. The procedure does not harm the rhino, which is immobilized…View Full Release »

In the famous book series written by Edgar Rice Burroughs, Tarzan names the different animals of the jungle. Tarzan’s name…View Full Release »

The notion that rhinos and elephants are mortal enemies dates back hundreds and thousands of years, as can be seen…View Full Release »

As we ambled along on elephant-back, shrouded in the morning mist, or rattled along bumpy, dusty roads, surrounded by the…View Full Release »