Don’t forget the good news!

2012 was a truly awful year for rhino poaching, with a record number of rhinos poached – at mid December over 633 rhinos were killed in South Africa alone. Headlines captured the gory images of dehorned rhinos, as ruthless criminal syndicates swept over Africa’s rhino population.

However despite the poaching crisis, there were also some extraordinary conservation success stories over the past year. Click here to read the top 12 stories are highlighted by Annimaticus on its website. See below for a few photo highlights

Credit Dedi Candra

From the birth of Sumatran rhino calf Andatu in the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary Indonesia

 

 

Greater one-horned rhinos love to wallow! The water and mud keep them cool in the heat of the day and help get rid of ticks and irritating insects

 

To the reported population increases of the Greater one-horned rhino population in India

 

Javan rhino

To the monitoring of critically endangered Javan rhinos with camera traps in Ujung Kulon National Park

 

 

Traditional Chinese Medicine shop

To the launch Education for Nature Vietnam‘s awareness campaign aimed at reducing the demand for rhino horn

 

Photo credits YABI / IRF, Brooke Squires, Alain Compost

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