Three species of rhinos — Java, Sumatran, and black — are critically ENDANGERED. Another subspecies — the white rhino — is on the brink of extinction. Will you help save them?
Approximately 500,000 rhinos used to roam our planet around the 20th century. Today, there are only 27,000 remaining in the wild. Poaching is one of their biggest threats.
The problem with poaching
We’ve lost more than 10,000 rhinos in the last decade due to the illegal wildlife trade. For all rhino populations, the threat of poaching remains high as the demand for rhino horn continues to grow. South Africa is home to over half of the world’s rhinos, making them a target for most poachers.
Today, these criminal acts are being supplied by international criminal gangs, who use tranquillizers to first bring a rhino down before cutting off its horn. The rhino will often wake up, and then bleed to death in a very painful and slow way.
Because these poachers are heavily armed, anti-poaching teams put their lives on the line to protect these ENDANGERED animals. Sadly, rhinos still have little legal value in some places, including South Africa, where poaching numbers rose in 2023.
Give hope to survivors
Seha, a Southern White rhino, is a poaching survivor. He was the only surviving victim out of five rhinos who were attacked in 2016, and he was found crying after poachers removed his horn and part of his skull. Remarkably, Seha survived and was released back into the wild in 2022.
This SAVE THE RHINO DAY, let’s work towards ending poaching and protecting the remaining survivors. Set up a monthly donation to save rhinos and support leading conservation organizations.
