The Lost Rhinos
Fri, 27 September 2024
We are losing more rhinos than any of us know – but we can turn this tragedy around. Will you help to find the lost rhinos by supporting our time critical, matched funding campaign... The Lost Rhinos | Help Us Find Them 27th to 29th September 2024
Read MoreRhino Poaching in 2024 Remains a Big Concern
Thu, 08 August 2024
South Africa poaching stats for the first half of 2024 remain constant to 2023, but is there a sign of hope that things are improving? On the 1st August South Africa’s Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment (DFFE) released updated rhino poaching statistics for the first half of 2024.
Read MoreBlind Baby Rhino Found Alone in the Wild
Thu, 01 August 2024
Our project-partner, Zululand Rhino Orphanage received a call about a rhino calf found alone in the wild and the team spring into action. Thought to be just one week old, this tiny calf has miraculously wandered into a ranger camp where the rangers immediately knew he needed help.
Read MoreThe Black Rhino: The Past, the Present and the Future
Wed, 26 June 2024
There are two species of African rhino, the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) and the white rhino (Ceratotherium simum). A huge rise in poaching for rhino horn and the steady increase of habitat loss over the last 50 years has decimated rhino populations in Africa with approximately 23,290 rhinos across these two species left in the wild today.
Read MoreQhawe - The Lost Rhino
Tue, 23 April 2024
At the beginning of March 2024 a rhino calf was busy getting on with life, happily playing beside her mother in the bush in the province of KwaZulu Natal (KZN) in South Africa. Then poachers struck, brutally killing her mother and shooting her in the process leaving her bleeding and in pain beside her mother’s dead body. Hear directly from Zululand Rhino Orphanage manager Simoné Marshall-Smith on how she and her team worked tirelessly to save her.
Read MorePoaching Increases in South Africa
Thu, 29 February 2024
Rhino poaching in South Africa rose by 10% in 2023 versus the previous year. While the numbers came as no surprise, it is a stark reminder that there is still a lot of work to do to overcome the rhino poaching crisis!
Read MoreEyes In the Sky Drone Technology
Fri, 26 January 2024
We are thrilled that Eyes in the Sky programme is now expanding with the introduction of a state of the art drone. The deployment of the DJI M30T drone is a formidable boost to our Eyes in the Sky capacity in the Eastern Cape.
Read MoreIVF Rhino Pregnancy
Wed, 24 January 2024
We are thrilled to share breaking news from our partners at Ol Pejeta Conservancy of the world’s first successful rhino pregnancy from invitro fertilisation. As part of efforts by the Bio Rescue Project, backed by an international team of organisations, to save the northern white rhino from extinction, a female southern white rhino was implanted with an embryo created from egg and sperm donated by two other southern white rhinos. After 13 attempts this ground-breaking, and incredibly complicated procedure was successful, and the surrogate became pregnant.
Read MoreOur Latest Rhino Orphan
Mon, 15 January 2024
As 2023 drew to a close our project-partners at the Zululand Rhino Orphanage rescued another rhino orphan; taken in shortly before Christmas this orphan was the sixth rescued that year. He was brought to our partners at the Zululand Rhino Orphanage where he is being given round-the-clock care and following a few nervous early days has begun to settle well.
Read MoreHoliday Hope for Rhinos
Mon, 11 December 2023
Thanks to your incredible support during these past 12 months 2023 was a year of hope for rhinos, but our work continues. During December we'll be hearing from our project-partners on the ground how your support has directly helped rhinos this year and what we hope to achieve in 2024. We're incredibly grateful for the support that you have given us in 2023 and very proud of how that support has been channelled into tangible results for rhinos, but as ever there is more to do. Please consider donating to our Christmas Campaign and help us create Holiday Hope for Rhinos.
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