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The International Rhino Foundation just completed its annual Board of Directors meeting, where we had a chance to talk more about the successes and challenges in rhino conservation over the past year, and to make plans for the coming year. Here are some updates on rhino news, and some ideas about ways you can help support rhino conservation during the holiday season.</p>
<p align="left"><strong>Good news!</strong> In November, the IUCN downgraded the <a href="/indian/">Greater one-horned rhino </a>from “Endangered” to “Vulnerable” on the <a href="http://www.iucnredlist.org">IUCN Red List of Threatened Species</a>. This is largely due to the rapid growth of one large population in Kaziranga National Park – the population has grown from about 1,500 animals in 2000 to almost 2,000 today. The species still faces significant poaching threats, however – particularly in Nepal – where populations are highly fragmented. Thus, it is imperative that we continue current protection and conservation measures to maintain population growth.</p>
<p align="left">As you may remember, in our last newsletter, we mentioned that one of the two male Greater one-horned rhinos translocated to India’s <a href="/indiaandnepal/">Manas National Park</a> (part of the first translocations under the <strong>Indian Rhino Vision 2020</strong> program) had wandered out of the park and was being tracked by a capture team. After the rhino traveled nearly 80 kilometers, the team was finally able to capture him and return him to safety in Manas. The IRV 2020 partners are now building a fence along the southern border of the park to prevent the translocated rhinos from moving into unprotected areas where they could be injured or killed, and monitoring will be ramped up. Now that the rainy season in India has ended, we plan to translocate an additional 18 rhinos to Manas from Pabitora and Kaziranga National Parks. Translocations will take place between December 2008 and March 2009 – we’ll keep you posted!</p>
<p align="left">A few months ago, TRAFFIC- UK reported that illegal wildlife trade is now second only to the criminal drugs trade in value, and ahead of illicit international arms dealing. And now, unfortunately, we are witnessing that increase in poaching firsthand in Zimbabwe. As a result of the continually deteriorating socioeconomic situation, at least 65 black rhinos have been poached to-date in 2008 – a significant increase from 2007, when 26 black rhinos were lost. And these are only the losses we know about; it is quite likely than other poaching losses have gone unreported. Fortunately, the number of rhino deaths in Zimbabwe has not yet exceeded the number of births, and the population is still growing. But intensive management will be required during this difficult time to ensure that Zimbabwe’s rhino population continues to grow and survive. Our brave staff and partners continue to labor under incredibly difficult conditions to move rhinos from unsafe areas to other areas of relative safety and to dehorn rhinos in order to reduce the incentive to poach. During rhino operations in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld Conservancies in 2008, they dehorned 46 rhinos and translocated 13 to safer areas. Raoul du Toit, our African Rhino Advisor, just returned yesterday from moving six animals from Northern Bubiana to Bubye Valley to get them away from a gang of poachers that have moved into the area. Some of the poachers were apprehended when they crashed their vehicle a few weeks ago, but enough of the gang is still present that they pose a significant threat. </p>
<p align="left">You also may recall that in our last newsletter we reported that Natasha Anderson, who leads the team in the Bubye River Conservancy, had been busy hand-rearing a black rhino calf which remained with its mother in a boma while she was being treated for a bullet wound. We are happy to report that mom and baby have come through just fine, and the above photo shows them just after being released back into the wild.<br>
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<a href="http://www.iGive.com/Rhinos"><img height="51" alt="iGive.com" hspace="5" src="/attachments/wysiwyg/4/igivelogo.jpg" width="200" align="right" vspace="15" border="0" /></a>Before you begin shopping for holiday gifts online this year, join <a href="http://www.iGive.com/Rhinos">www.iGive.com/Rhinos</a>. Every time you shop at one of the over 680 name-brand stores in the <strong>iGive.com Mall</strong>, including Barnes & Noble, Best Buy, Overstock.com, Home Depot, Eddie Bauer, the iPod store, FAO Schwartz, Bloomingdales, the Gap, Macy’s, Toys “R” Us, and REI, the International Rhino Foundation will receive a percentage of each purchase you make, at no cost to you. Membership in iGive is free and your privacy is guaranteed. Best of all, you can donate money to IRF while making your everyday or holiday purchases! </p>
<p align="left"><strong>Rhino Rendezvous – Bid Now for a Chance to Rise and Shine with the Rhinos!</strong><br>
<img height="303" alt="" hspace="10" src="/attachments/wysiwyg/4/RRrhinophoto.jpg" width="300" align="right" vspace="10" border="0" />Last year, the IRF made the news with our kooky Endangered Feces auction. Yes, we sold rhino droppings. On eBay.<br>
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This unique package, <strong><a href="/rhino-rendezvous/"><strong>Rhino Rendezvous</strong></a></strong>, will give your group a rare opportunity to spend 4 days at IRF’s headquarters at <a href="http://www.wocenter.org/">White Oak Conservation Center</a>, just north of Jacksonville, Florida. This unique and exclusive 7,400 acre reserve is closed to the public and is home to hundreds of rare, exotic and threatened wildlife. It’s also the only place in the world where four of the five species of rhino can be seen! </p>
<div align="left">This is a truly exceptional opportunity, usually reserved for the world’s foremost global and corporate leaders, and select members of the White Oak Conservation Center Foundation. And, it’s all yours … for the winning bid. Just go to <a href="http://www.rhinosirf.cmarket.com">www.rhinosirf.cmarket.com</a> by December 15th and place your bid on this remarkable and memorable expedition, valued at $25,000. (The bidding starts at $2,500.) The winner will be announced at noon on December 16th.<br>
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<br><br>3-Dec-08 12:02 PM
Jambiya Craftsmen Encouraged to Substitute Rhinoceros Horn with Garnet
<p>Jambiya craftsmen, concerned authorities and academics this month attended an awareness-raising workshop on the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), during which experts urged craftsmen to replace rhinoceros horn with alternative materials in their daggers. </p>
<p>The workshop, organized by the General Environment Protection Authority and the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW), aimed to promote conservation-friendly international trade in wild animals and plants so as not to threaten their survival, and to introduce alternatives for illegal materials such as the rhinoceros horn used in manufacturing traditional Yemeni daggers or jambiyas.</p>
<p>"The over-exploitation of animals and plants for the purpose of trade has led to the extinction of some species and to the endangering of others that will become extinct if not protected by all groups of society," said chairman of the General Environment Protection Authority Mahmoud Shedewah.</p>
<p>Shedewah declared that the Environment Protection Authority was working in cooperation with other concerned entities to prevent the entry of illegal wildlife products such as rhinoceros horn into Yemen. He added that, in the past year, the environment protection authority had launched a training program together with the IFAW for specialists working in customs to familiarize themselves with species prohibited to enter the country. </p>
<p>Shedewah said, "Yemen has issued laws to protect animals and has prohibited the importation of rhinoceros horns.”</p>
<p>He added that efforts were being made in coordination with competent authorities to encourage the use of garnet, a local dark red stone, instead of animal horns to make jambiya handles, and stressed the importance of promoting the use of alternative materials in the production of these traditional daggers to preserve rhinoceros from extinction.</p>
<p>Omar Baashan, head of the CITES unit at the General Authority for the Protection of the Environment, presented national legislation in line with the CITES agreement to those attending the workshop.</p>
<p>IFAW program director Dr. Ahmed Mohamed Al-Sayed, who summarized the CITES agreement during the workshop, explained how rhinoceros horn trade endangers the survival of the species.</p>
<p><strong>The African rhinoceros: hunted for its horn</strong></p>
<p>Yemen emerged as a major market for African rhino horn during the 1970s, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Black and White Rhinoceros horns were equally prized by jambiya craftsmen for dagger handles up until the 1990s, and Yemeni demand has been a notable factor in the rise in poaching and plummeting of African rhinoceros numbers over the last three to four decades.</p>
<p>Although The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) banned international trade in rhinoceros horn in 1977, it was a few decades before Yemen was to sign and apply it.</p>
<p>In 1997, when Yemen signed the CITES agreement, wildlife trade monitoring network also known as TRAFFIC found that only 2,400 black rhinoceros and 7,562 white rhinoceros remained in the African wild from a total of 70,000 rhinoceros in 1970. </p>
<p>By 2006, the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) was reporting fears of the black rhinoceros being extinct after several scientific expeditions failed to find any trace of the species’ presence in its usual habitat in West Africa. Although the IUCN now says that conservation efforts have successfully increased numbers of black rhinoceros in designated areas on the African continent, it ranked the species as “critically endangered” on its 2008 Red List of Threatened Species.</p>
<p>Following the collapse in oil prices during the mid 1980s, a shift in local mentalities, and government regulations following Yemen signing the CITES agreement in 1997, rhinoceros horn use in Yemen has now decreased, according to the WWF. Nowadays, the greatest threat to the small African rhinoceros population remains the popular use of ground rhinoceros horn in traditional Chinese medicine, although China signed CITES in 1981. </p>
<p>Rhinoceros horn powder, similar in texture to fine hairs, is believed to have aphrodisiac properties and is sometimes mixed with Viagra, according to some reports. TRAFFIC estimates that, in 1996, 1 kg of unprocessed rhino horn was worth almost USD 1,000. It was believed at the time that, after Yemeni craftsmen had used all the smuggled rhino horn they could for jambiya handles, leftover shavings and powder were then re-exported illegally to East Asia for traditional medicinal purposes. </p>
<p>Armed conflict and political instability in West Africa, as well as resurgent demand in the Asian market for the prized powder have undermined conservation projects and boasted a resurge in poaching this year, according to the UN’s Environment Programme, but conservation efforts have continued.</p>
<p>Two weeks ago, Yemen participated in the CITES Rhino Task Force to prevent the escalation of rhinoceros poaching and the illegal trade of their horns in Nairobi. </p>
<div>The meeting was attended by customs and police officers of attending countries, Interpol and the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.</div>
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<br><br>2-Dec-08 8:00 AM
White Rhino Calves Born at the Wilds
<p>Two male southern white rhinos were recently born at the Wilds, making a total of six of this threatened species born at the conservation center in Southeast Ohio, and the only third generation of white rhinos born in managed herds on record in North America.</p>
<p>Of the recent births, one calf was born Oct. 22 and the other was born Nov. 9.</p>
<p>Southern white, or African rhinos were almost extinct in the late 1800s and early 1900s. Effective conservation efforts in the 1950s led to the exportation of individual wild white rhinos to managed captivity in North America and Europe.</p>
<p>At the Wilds, a herd of female southern white rhinos, along with their offspring and one breeder male, live and roam freely on nearly 200 acres of open-range habitat. Another breeder male is kept at the Wilds' Rhino Management Center and rotated seasonally with the female herd in pasture.</p>
<p>The white rhino herd at the Wilds is part of a study by Lara Metrione, a student at Ohio State University, who is looking at both social and environmental characteristics of various managed rhino herds to determine differentiating factors contributing to successful reproduction.</p>
<p>The Wilds is also home to greater one-horned, or Indian rhinos. Two were born at the Wilds in late fall of 2007.</p>
<p>The white rhino calves may be viewed by visitors during winter on the Wilds programs Dec. 13, Jan. 24, Feb. 14, and Feb. 21. Pre-registration is required. For more informatin visit <a href="http://www.thewilds.org">www.thewilds.org</a>.</p>
<p>Situated on nearly 10,000 acres in southeast Ohio, the Wilds is one of the largest and most innovative conservation centers in North America, and is home to rare and endangered animals from around the world.</p>
<div>The mission of the Wilds, an independent, nonprofit organization, is to advance conservation through science, education, and personal experience.<br>
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<br><br>30-Nov-08 8:00 AM
Accident Exposes Poachers
<p>One poacher died on the spot while three others sustained serious injuries after the car they were travelling in veered off the road, overturned and landed on its roof and in the process exposing the men’s illicit deals to the police, it has been learnt.</p>
<div>However, one of the injured poachers in movie style, managed to grab an AK47 assault rifle and one rhino horn before disappearing from the scene leaving his colleagues in excruciating pain. <br>
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The accident occurred at the 49,5km peg along Masvingo Beitbridge Road late last week.<br>
Confirming the incident to the Sunday News, Masvingo provincial police spokesperson, Inspector Phibion Nyambo, said the four poachers were travelling from Masvingo towards Beitbridge in a Nissan Hard body twin cab when the accident occurred.<br>
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The poachers had four rhino horns, two warthog teeth and were armed with two AK47 assault rifles with four magazines that had a total of 180 rounds of ammunition. <br>
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The car was being driven by Herbert Museka (35) of Chinotimba in Township Victoria Falls.<br>
On board were his accomplices, Lovemore Matsoga (30) of Lion’s Den Farm in Chinhoyi, Ishmael Mazhongwe of Makasha Farm in Chinhoyi and the deceased whose name police could not immediately release as his next of kin were yet to be informed.<br>
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Insp Nyambo said at the 49.5km peg, Museka lost control of the vehicle and it veered off the road, overturned once and landed on its roof.<br>
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Museka escaped with minor injuries and was the first to get out of the car upon which he helped Matsoga to get out too.<br>
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When Matsoga got out, Museka quickly gave him one of the AK47 rifles which he hid a distance away from the scene of the accident in a small bush.<br>
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While Matsoga hid one of the rifles, Mazhongwe also got out of the car with the assistance of Museka, but he had sustained a deep cut on the forehead and some bruises.<br>
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Despite the injuries Mazhongwe took another AK47 rifle and one of the rhino hones and disappeared.<br>
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All this was taking place in full view of one Ester Mapingure of Sese business centre in Chivi who saw where the AK47 rifle had been hidden by Matsoga and how Mazhongwe got away with another rifle and a rhino horn. A member of the police neighbourhood watch committee- a Mafuka arrived at the scene of the accident and was quickly shown by Ms Mapingure where the AK 47 rifle had been hidden by Matsoga.<br>
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Police from Masvingo and others in Chivi later arrived at the scene of the accident and arrested Museka and Matsoga but Mazhongwe had long disappeared with one of the rifles and a rhino horn.<br>
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They took the body of the deceased to Chivi Hospital mortuary for a postmortem and recovered the other three rhino horns and the two warthog teeth under the car carpet while a man hunt has since been launched for Mazhongwe.<br>
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The rifles and the rhino horns were wrapped in a cloth. <br>
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Insp Nyambo urged members of the public who might have information on the whereabouts of Mazhongwe to come forward and assist the police.<br>
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He said cases of rhino poaching and dehorning were on the increase in the province adding that from January to November 2008, 12 such cases had been reported.<br>
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He expressed optimism however that the arrest of the two suspects would go a long way in clearing some of the cases of poaching and dehorning of the rhinos, one of the endangered species especially in the Gonarezhou National Park in Chiredzi district of Masvingo.<br>
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The two are in police custody assisting the police with investigations and Insp Nyambo said police were keen on establishing the market for the rhino horns.</div>
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<br><br>30-Nov-08 8:00 AM
Diplomat Alleged of Rhinoceros Horn Smuggling About to Return
<p><strong>VietNamNet Bridge</strong> – On Thursday, the Foreign Ministry spokesman, Le Dung, said Vu Moc Anh, an employee at the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa, who is suspected to be involved in rhinoceros horn smuggling, is arranging a plane ticket to return home.</p>
<p>Dung said, at the monthly press conference of the Foreign Ministry, on Thursday in Hanoi, that after Moc Anh returns home, she will have to report the case to the Foreign Ministry and related agencies.</p>
<p>“We have to consider Vu Moc Anh’s report and the report of the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa to solve this case,” Dung said.</p>
<p>The spokesman also affirmed the Foreign Ministry’s policy to strictly punish any employees who trade and traffic wild animals.</p>
<p>Two months ago, an investigation program from SABC, 50/50, captured Moc Anh talking to a known agent of a rhino horn smuggling syndicate. After the agent put the horn in his car, she smiled and then headed into the embassy.</p>
<p>The Foreign Ministry asked the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa to verify the information and called Moc Anh back to clarify the case.</p>
<p>In an announcement released on November 19, the Foreign Ministry stated: “The Foreign Ministry’s policy is strictly dealing with illegal trading and trafficking of wild animals and other wrongdoings under Vietnamese laws and appropriate to international laws.”</p>
<div>Two years ago, Commercial Attache, Khanh Toan, at the Vietnamese Embassy in South Africa, was detected to have connections to rhino horn smuggling and he was punished.</div>
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<br><br>28-Nov-08 8:00 AM
Rhino Rescued at Mabula Game Lodge
Mabula Game Lodge was the scene of a dramatic rhino rescue recently, where a mother rhino with a 16 month-old calf, got stuck in a sticky situation.<br>
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The drama started when it was radioed in that there was a rhino stuck in the clay in Tamboti dam on the Modjadji side in the North of the Mabula Private Game Reserve. Modjadji mainly consists of quartzite based soil which is fine grained to begin with. Add to that that Tamboti dam is on the old course of the Blom River and has all the drainage lines emptying into it from the plains above. What’s more is that it was historically over utilised due to cattle farming in the area causing severe erosion. This results in very clayey silt in and around the dam.<br>
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The Rhino known as TDi (derived from the engine type of most of the Land Rovers on the Reserve) most probably had a drink of water and then promptly sank into the clay. The consistency of the clay is reminiscent of quicksand in that her struggles probably got her into more trouble as the thick clay creates a suction effect.<br>
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The problem how to get two tons of frustrated, frightened pachyderm, with a sharp end, out of this mess. What made the situation even worse was that she has a calf of 15 - 16 months of age that was nowhere to be found. They are usually only weaned at 18 months with some cases stretching to two years. Times was of the essence, as this rhino calf needed her mother and because it is known that animals trapped in similar situations often die quickly, due to stress and exhaustion.<br>
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All efforts to get her out amounted to nothing so the vet was summoned. He sedated her and this allowed the rangers to dig around and below her to fasten the belt around her trunk. The front end loader on the tractor was then used to eventually extricate her from the stranglehold of the mud. The belt was removed and she was given a booster shot to recover to full consciousness as we all hopped pell-mell onto any vehicle we could find. She hobbled off in obvious pain and discomfort albeit amidst hearty cheers from all involved. What seemed fleeting turned out to be a 7 hour rescue mission. Everybody’s worst fears were confirmed - the calf was missing. For two days everyone was looking for but could find neither hide nor hair.<br>
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<br><br>21-Nov-08 8:30 AM
Rhinos Armed Poaching on Increase, Authority Says
The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority says there has been an alarming increase in armed poaching of rhinos especially in the Lowveld conservancies over the past few months.<br>
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The Parks and Wildlife Management Authority says there has been an alarming increase in armed poaching of rhinos especially in the Lowveld conservancies over the past few months.<br>
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Despite the numerous anti-poaching programmes for the rhino which is an endangered species, the Parks and Wild Life Management Authority has recorded a marked increase in the number of rhinos that are killed by poachers.<br>
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The Authority’s Director General Dr Morris Mtsambiwa said they are concerned about the light sentences which are not deterrent enough to poachers.<br>
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Dr Mtsambiwa said handling the issue of the Chitsa people who are settled in the Gonarezhou National Park is a major challenge as some of them sometimes work in cahoots with the poachers derailing efforts aimed at conserving the black rhino.<br>
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As a way to combat the surge in Poaching Parks and Wildlife Management Authority partnered with the world wide fund for nature in programmes to protect the rhino.<br>
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Through the lowveld rhino protect the two partners intensified monitoring the parks as well as the programme of de-horning the rhino.<br>
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<br><br>20-Nov-08 8:00 PM
Forest Guard Killed in Rhino Attack
<p><strong>GOLAGHAT:</strong> A forest guard was killed when he was attacked by a rhino in the Kaziranga National Park in Upper Assam, a senior forest official said on <br>
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<p>Forest guard Ranjit Medhi and two others were patrolling in the Bagori range of the national park last night when the rhino attacked them, Divisional Forest Officer (DFO) Dibodhar Gogoi said. </p>
<p>As guards attempted to flee, Ranjit fell down and the rhino trampled him causing internal bleeding, Gogoi said. </p>
<p>Medhi was immediately taken to hospital in nearby Jakholabandha for treatent but succumbed to his wounds there late night, he said. </p>
<br><br>20-Nov-08 4:00 PM
UN Launches Rhino Task Force
A United Nations-backed effort to stop the increase in rhinoceros poaching has been launched.<br>
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Wildlife officials are meeting in Kenya to discuss methods to overcome the criminal networks behind the growing illegal trade in rhinoceros horns, which are used in traditional Chinese medicines or as ornate dagger handles.<br>
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The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) banned the sale of rhino horns in 1977; however, political instability in Africa is undermining conservation efforts.<br>
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Willem Wijnstekers, secretary general of CITIES, said: "The escalation of rhino poaching in recent weeks is threatening the success of conservation efforts undertaken by African and Asian countries over the last 20 years."<br>
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It is believed that the situation is critical for the Northern White Rhino of the Democratic Republic of Congo, of which there are only four believed to be left in the wild.<br>
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Wildlife Officials at UN-backed Meeting Seek to Protect Rhinos Against Surge in Poaching
Wildlife law enforcement officials are meeting in Kenya as part of a United Nations-backed effort to stop the escalation of rhinoceros poaching and break up criminal networks behind the increasing illegal trade in their horns, used in traditional medicines or as dagger handles.<br>
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“The escalation of rhino poaching in recent weeks is threatening the success of conservation efforts undertaken by African and Asian countries over the last 20 years,” said Willem Wijnstekers, Secretary-General of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), whose secretariat is administered by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).<br>
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“Although rhinoceros populations are increasing in some areas, there is no room at all for complacency,” he added before the opening of the two-day meeting of the CITES Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force in Nairobi.<br>
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CITES banned international trade in rhino horns in 1977. After suffering greatly from poaching in the 1980s and 1990s, some rhino populations started to recover in Africa and Asia following the implementation of conservation programmes.<br>
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But armed conflict and political instability in parts of Africa as well as a resurgent demand in Asian markets have been undermining those efforts in some areas. At least 40 white rhinos have been reportedly poached in national parks and game reserves in South Africa this year. In Zimbabwe and Mozambique, the number of illegal killings has increased dramatically over the past few months. As for the northern white rhino found in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), the situation is critical.<br>
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Countries and territories represented at the meeting include China, Hong Kong, Kenya, India, Mozambique, Nepal, South Africa, Thailand, the United States, Viet Nam, Yemen and Zimbabwe. Officials involved include customs and police officers, Interpol, the UN Office on Drugs and Crime.<br>
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Rise and Shine with the Rhinos
Yulee, Fla -- Looking for the perfect holiday gift for those special someones who have everything and still want to save the world? How about a four-day safari with five of your favorite folks to experience some of the world’s most endangered species up close? And, you don’t even need to dust off your passport! The International Rhino Foundation, which made international ‘bizarre holiday gift’ news last year by auctioning rhino poop on eBay, has toned it down this year, but beefed up the offerings: This year they’re offering a rare animal encounter for conservationists and animal lovers. In a special pre-holiday auction, the International Rhino Foundation will award the top bidder a one-of-a-kind Rhino Rendezvous for six people. The winning bidder will have a rare opportunity to spend four days at IRF’s headquarters at White Oak Conservation Center, just north of Jacksonville, Fla. Rhino Rendezvous includes ground transportation, meals, exceptional accommodations,...
Poachers Walk Free as Assault on Zimbabwe Rhinos Escalates
Harare, Zimbabwe – A breakdown in law enforcement against rhino poaching and horn smuggling in Zimbabwe is threatening the success of more than a decade's work bringing rhino populations back up to healthy levels. Typical of the problem is the recent release of a gang of four Zimbabwean rhino poachers who admitted to killing 18 rhinos in five different areas of central Zimbabwe, including a semi-tame group of black rhinos slaughtered in their pens at Imire Safari Ranch. The poachers, also alleged to have been involved in a number of armed robberies and arrested with several illegal firearms, were initially denied bail and it was reported that the four had received lengthy jail sentences. However, WWF was recently informed by authorities that the poachers were subsequently granted bail, were freed and immediately absconded. Rhino poaching has been increasing throughout Zimbabwe including in the Lowveld Conservancies in southern Zimbabwe, home to three quarters of the country's...
CBS joins with International Rhino Foundation
Cardboard Safari has joined with the International Rhino Foundation, an organization that is dedicated to the survival of the world’s rhino species through conservation and research, to spread awareness about the plight of the rhino. Rhinos have existed on Earth for more than 50 million years. In the past, rhinos were much more diverse and widespread (occurring in North America and Europe as well as in Africa and Asia). Today, only five species of rhinos survive. All rhinos are under threat of extinction, and all but one species is on the verge of extinction. Without drastic action, some rhinos could be extinct in the wild within the next 10-20 years. Cardboard Safari offers premium-quality animal figures made of recycled cardboard. Rhino, Deer, Moose and Bison heads are currently available in both brown and white cardboard. Each animal puzzle is laser-cut for precision fit, easily assembles using slotted construction and is made to mount on the wall. When owner Chris Jesse...
World's rarest rhinos make first video trap appearance - then toss camera
JAKARTA--After just a month in operation, specially designed video cameras installed to capture rhino footage in the jungles of Indonesia have twice recorded remarkable images of the world's rarest rhino accompanied by a calf. But the success was not without incident as after a short inspection, one rhino mother charged the camera and sent it flying on one of the occasions in Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Javan rhinos occur only in that park and one in Vietnam. With fewer than 60 Javan rhinos left in the wild, we believe this footage was well worth the risk to our equipment, said Adhi Rachmat Hariyadi, who leads WWF-Indonesia's project in Ujung Kulon National Park. It’s very unusual to catch a glimpse of the Javan rhinos deep inside the rain forest. The motion triggered infrared video traps are a useful way to observe them and the ways they use their habitat in a more detailed way. We are proposing a test translocation of a few Javan rhinos in the near future...
First-ever rhino translocation in northeast India a success
Washington: In one of the biggest conservation successes in India, two male adult Indian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) were successfully translocated to Manas National Park on Saturday. This is the first time that the translocation of wild rhinos has been conducted in the state of Assam, where nearly all of India’s rhinos are found. The two rhinos were moved from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which has the highest density of rhinos in the world - more than 80 rhinos in less than 7 square miles of rhino habitat. For the next several years, the healthy rhino populations in Pobitora and Kaziranga National Park will supply individuals to start new populations in other protected areas in Assam under Indian Rhino Vision 2020. Translocations form the backbone of Indian Rhino Vision 2020 – a joint project of the Government of Assam, WWF-India, the International Rhino Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – that aims to attain a population of 3000 wild rhinos spread across...
International Rhino Foundation Offers Rhino Adoptions for Valentine's Day
NEWS International Rhino Foundation Offers Rhino Adoptions for Valentine’s Day Spread the love this Valentine’s Day by giving your sweetheart one of the rarest animals on earth! YULEE, FL – Flowers wilt, and that box of chocolates just could go straight to your hips! So the International Rhino Foundation is offering gift givers the opportunity to do something different for their nearest and dearest this Valentine’s Day – adopting a Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino. The Sumatran rhino, also called the hairy rhino because of its hairy body and tufted ears, is the most endangered of all rhinoceros species because of its rapid rate of decline. Because of poaching, numbers have decreased more than 50% over the last 15 years. Fewer than 275 Sumatran rhinos survive in very small and highly fragmented populations in Southeast Asia, making it one of the rarest large mammals in the world. The International Rhino Foundation helps to support the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, a...
INTERNATIONAL RHINO FOUNDATION LAUNCHES A NEW
NEWS International Rhino Foundation launches a new and improved web site Visit the newly redesigned website for the IRF and your ultimate source for information on rhinos and rhino conservation. YULEE, FL – The International Rhino Foundation has a new website – one that you’ll want to visit again and again! Launching on Thursday, November 29, 2007 – visitors will find an updated look for their source of all things rhino on the net. Featuring video and photo galleries and a web 2.0 guide, site visitors will find a myriad of ways to stay connected to IRF’s rhino conservation efforts. The homepage features the newly redesigned IRF logo and new organization branding. One other feature of note is the scrolling rhino news articles module – giving readers the latest headlines on rhinos from around the world. Readers can learn everything they ever wanted to know about rhinos, including their status in the wild, and how IRF programs programs in Asia and Africa help the rhino...
BUY ENDANGERED FECES TO SAVE AN ENDANGERED SPECIES
NEWS Buy Endangered Feces to Save an Endangered Species International Rhino Foundation auctions rhino dung for holidays to raise money for conservation efforts YULEE, FL – We swear we’re not making this up. For the first time in history you may find rhino poop under your Christmas tree. This year the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is auctioning off endangered feces – poop from endangered rhino species. It’s all part of an effort to save one of Earth’s most recognizable, but most threatened wild animals. That’s right, actual rhino poop will be an auction item on the popular Web site eBay. The rhino poop auction will begin Thursday, November 29, 2007 and can be accessed by searching for rhino poop at www.eBay.com or by visiting www.endangeredfeces.org. Everyone knows about rhinos, but not everyone knows that they are disappearing from the Earth, says International Rhino Foundation Executive Director Dr. Susie Ellis. It might sound silly, but the money raised by...
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Join members of our Conservation Center staff as we venture throughout the Conservation Center during feeding times for rhinos, cheetahs, antelope, and birds. You’ll have the opportunity for close-up photos, without a zoom lens!</p>
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Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the family (or group of friends, or corporate team) that wants to help save rhinos? How about a 4-day safari to see (and protect) some of the world’s most endangered species? And, you don’t even need to dust off your passport! This is a truly unique opportunity, usually reserved for the world’s foremost scientists, global and corporate leaders, and select members of the White Oak Conservation Center Foundation. And, it’s all yours… for the winning bid. Just go to www.rhinosirf.cmarket.com by December 15th and place your bid on this remarkable and memorable expedition, valued at $25,000. (The bidding starts at $2,500.) The winner will be announced at noon on December 16th. This unique package, Rhino Rendezvous, will give your group a rare opportunity to spend 4 days at IRF’s headquarters at the White Oak Conservation Center, just north of Jacksonville, Florida. This unique and exclusive 7,400 acre reserve is closed to the...
Holiday Gift Ideas
This year, you can give the animal lover in your life a gift that will help to save rhinos! Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the family (or group of friends, or corporate team) that wants to help save rhinos? How about a 4-day safari to see (and protect) some of the world’s most endangered species? And, you don’t even need to dust off your passport! This is a truly unique opportunity, usually reserved for the world’s foremost global and corporate leaders, and select members of the White Oak Conservation Center Foundation. And, it’s all yours … for the winning bid. Just go to www.rhinosirf.cmarket.com by December 15th and place your bid on this remarkable and memorable expedition, valued at $25,000. (The bidding starts at $2,500.) The winner will be announced at noon on December 16th. This unique package, Rhino Rendezvous, will give your group a rare opportunity to spend 4 days at IRF’s headquarters...
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Lowveld Zimbabwe - </strong>Black rhinos that are managed within the IRF-supported Lowveld Rhino Project in Zimbabwe are still showing a net gain in numbers. The Lowveld population is now about 400, after an 8% growth rate over the past year, and there are also 140 white rhinos. However, poaching has been flaring up as the economic and political situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated. Since 2000, the Lowveld project has undertaken 111 rhino translocations to remove rhinos from areas that are particularly prone to poaching. <a href="/lowveld">More...</a></div>
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<div align="left">The International Rhino Foundation helped to establish and operate the first and most important of managed breeding center, the <strong>Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary </strong>(SRS) in Way Kambas National Park , Sumatra, Indonesia.The sanctuary is home to five rhinos – two males and three females -- that are part of an intensively managed research and breeding program aimed at increasing the Sumatran rhino population in the wild. <a href="/srs/">More...</a></div>
SOS! IRF Needs Your Help To Save Sumatran Rhinos!
Sumatran rhinos are one of the most critically endangered species in the world. It is likely that less than 225 Sumatran rhinos remain - the population has declined by more than 50% over the past decade. Intense poaching pressure and habitat encroachment throughout the rhinos’ range in Indonesia and Malaysia has led to the very real possibility that Sumatran rhinos could become extinct within our lifetimes. IRF is working to save Sumatran rhinos from extinction, by protecting rhinos from poachers, preventing habitat encroachment and destruction, and developing a captive breeding program to help increase population numbers…and we need your help! We need to raise an additional $150,000 to keep our Sumatran rhino conservation programs running in 2009. The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia, needs $105,000 to cover the costs of food and veterinary care for Andalas, Bina, Ratu, Rosa and Torgamba, the five rhinos that make up the sanctuary’s...
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2008 REQUEST FOR RESEARCH PRE-PROPOSALS
The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is requesting pre-proposals for research that is directly applicable to management, propagation and conservation of rhinoceros species under intensive protection and management in the wild or maintained in captivity. Pre-proposals for research involving any scientific discipline(s) can be submitted, but projects must directly address the targeted IRF research priorities specified below. The priorities also include a subset of those listed in the AZA Rhino Advisory Group’s 2008 Research Masterplan and were chosen because they address the greatest challenges faced today in maintaining healthy, self-sustaining rhino populations that will exist far into the future. Pre-proposals must be received by 15 December 2008 and must follow the requested format to be considered for support. (If applicants believe their proposal idea is outstanding but does not address the priorities listed below, they can submit an explanation of the idea in 250 words...
Teacher Resources
Here you will find information resources for use by Teacher/Youth Leaders. Keep checking back as we will add more information soon! Compendium of Rhino Resources and audio & video material for Teachers and Youth Leaders. Rhino Cards Zimbabwe: The Rhino Cards are an education pack for children and teacher that were developed for use in Zimbabwe by the SADC Regional Program for Rhino Conservation. Rhino Cards Zimbabwe (Teachers Guide): The Teacher's pages contain additional information on rhino conservation issues and a section containing guildelines for the use of the Rhino Cards and suggested class exercises. Make Your Own Savannah: Color your own savannah and then place your animals in their habitat. Designed by Givskud Zoo. IRF Posters: Download and print out 2 posters on rhinos and IRF's work to save them. IRF Poster about the 5 rhino species IRF Poster about IRF and it's work. ...
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Boat Patrol
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Susie Ellis and Supriyong with rhino grazed branch
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