Articles for Intl Rhino Foundation

International media coverage and pressure getting the message across August 2009. Several months ago, in partnership with Save the Rhino, The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) launched the Crisis Zimbabwe campaign, to raise awareness about the crisis in Zimbabwe, where rhino poaching has doubled in the past year. With their resources severely strained, they asked for help to rescue rhinos and move them out of dangerous areas.

South Africa’s environment department says all rhinos and rhino horns in the country must now be microchipped to deter poachers.

Most of us have grown used to conservation charities putting charismatic animals front and center of their fundraising campaigns.

Cambridge, UK, 20 August 2008—The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) is establishing a Rhinoceros Enforcement Task Force to counter rising levels of rhino poaching and illicit horn trade in Asia and Africa. The move follows a report from the CITES Secretariat expressing concerns over reports of increasing poaching and illegal trade in rhinoceros horn, and the highly-organized nature of these activities. The report noted that considerable ...

14 July 2008 – The trade in elephants, rhinos, tigers and mahogany will all be the focus of this week’s meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) in Geneva, whose secretariat is administered by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). “Innovative and courageous solutions are required to correct the spiral of species decline,” saidCITES Secretary-General Willem Wijnstekers in a statement today at the start of the ...

The Battle Creek Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers, Inc (AAZK) is proud to announce their first annual Bowling for Rhinos event. It will take place on July 25, 2008 from 7 to 10 pm at Nottke's Family Fun Center in Battle Creek. For more information visit the Battle Creek AAZK website at www.battlecreekaazk.org or call Binder Park Zoo to speak with an AAZK member (269) 979-1351. Bowling for Rhinos is one of the only nationwide fundraisers that give 100% of all donations ...

The Houston Chapter of the American Association of Zoo Keepers Hosts Bowling for Rhinos 2008, July 25 at Palace Lanes, 4191 Bellaire Blvd.

ROYAL OAK,Mich -- The Detroit chapter of the American Association of Zookeepers will host its 19th annual Bowling for Rhinos Bowl-a-thon on Saturday, May 31,2 008 at Cloverlanes Bowl in Livonia. Before the Bowl-a-Thon, there will be a family-friendly event held at 3 p.m., which includes a tin can raffle, cookie walk, and coloring contest. The traditional bowl-a-thon kicks off at 7 p.m. with team bowling, a silent auction, and a 50/50 raffle. Nationally, Bowling for Rhinos raises over ...

Among the most ancient of animals, rhinoceroses thrived for millions of years before meeting their most deadly enemy: humans. During the past century, the rhinos of Africa and Asia have been pushed out of their habitats and hunted nearly to extinction for their horns, which are believed -- erroneously -- to possess healing properties. Now, thanks to the efforts of conservationists and scientists, the rhinos are on their way back. With NATURE'S Rhinoceros, wildlife filmmaker Nigel Marven ...

Guwahati, April 9: The rhino translocation project, which had been put on hold for want of a tranquilliser, is back on track with a Singapore zoo providing the Assam forest department with the drug. Four rhinos will be shifted from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary to Manas National Park on Friday. The translocation programme was initially scheduled for February 11 but had to be cancelled because of unavailability of the tranquilliser, Immobilin. “We have procured the drug beforehand this time ...

What if the International Rhino Foundation earned a penny every time you searched the Internet? Or how about if a percentage of every purchase you made online went to support rhino conservation? Well, now it can! GoodSearch.com is a new Yahoo-powered search engine that donates half its advertising revenue, about a penny per search, to the charities its users designate. Use it just as you would any search engine, get quality search results from Yahoo, and watch the donations ...

Guwahati, Feb. 21: Old habits die hard. The arrest of a veteran poacher, Matka Gogoi, earlier this week has brought to light the story of how one of the most dreaded rhino stalkers in Kaziranga surrendered in the early nineties to turn protector, only to pick up the gun again recently. Matka, in his sixties, was arrested after a gap of 25 years along with five other poachers on Monday. A forest official revealed today that after he surrendered in 1992, Matka promised to help the Kaziranga ...

GUWAHATI, Feb 16 - The picturesque Manas National Park - a World Heritage Site is now on a recovery path following a prolonged period of social unrest in the 1990s - could get back the coveted title in a couple of years. Park officials said that a visiting delegation of the UNESCO's World Heritage Committee was satisfied with the recent corrective measures aimed at estoring the Park's infrastructure and security. It is the animal population that remains an area of serious concern, with the ...

Customs officers at the Ho Chi Minh City international airport discovered Thursday five rhinoceros horns worth around VND6 billion (US$375,200) in the luggage of a Vietnamese man flying in from South Africa. Tran Van Lap, 48, admitted he was carrying them for a Vietnamese-American living in the U.S. He had transited through Singapore, escaping detection there. He is now in the custody of the city police who have taken over the investigation. Possession and trading of rhino horns and ...

Kenya yesterday unveiled a new national strategy to increase the number of the endangered rhino in the next five years.