A Rhino Costume in Borlänge
Guest blog by James Last
My love for running and subsequently, the rhino, came from seeing the Rhino Runners belting through the London Marathon since I was younger. As I grew up and began to run myse...
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Baby boom in Zimbabwe signals hope for rhino growth
While the US and Europe saw a slump in births in 2020, more than 200,000 babies were born when the lockdown was at its most restrictive in the UK. Luckily, in the Lowveld region of Zimbabwe, conservat...
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An interview with Dr Sam Ferreira
Dr Sam Ferreira has spent his career understanding the roles that mammals play in their habitats, how they relate to each other, and the most effective ways to protect those species threatened with ex...
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Behind the scenes: Save the Rhino Vietnam documentary
Vietnam is often cited as the leading consumer market for rhino horn – a demand which is pushing rhinos ever closer to the threat of extinction.
But it wasn’t always like this.
In the 1990...
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Rhino spotting in Swaziland
By Laura Adams, Events Manager
In September 2013, I was given the chance to visit one of the rhino projects that Save the Rhino has funded. The project chosen was Big Game Parks in Swaziland (BGP). My...
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Once … Twice … Three times to Summit
Written by Ryan Nappi (The Best Man!)
As a Best Man, how do you come up with a stag party that will stand out from the rest? How do you ensure it meets the expectations of the groom-to-be, whilst als...
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TV advert tackles horn demand in Viet Nam
In Viet Nam, Save the Rhino has helped fund a public service announcement broadcast across national and regional TV channels to an audience of millions, all with the aim of reducing consumer de...
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Progress made on antique ivory trade regulation – but what about the UK’s rhino horn trade?
Yesterday, Tusk Trust revealed that the London element of its London-Johannesburg-Tokyo events on World Rhino Day 2016 will include an announcement by Defra Minister Andrea Leadsom that the UK ...
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Like a child in a candy shop
“Like a child in a candy shop.” I have always wondered what that statement meant – there were no shops dedicated to candy where I grew up. But now I know – I felt it. The excitement, the she...
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Demand for rhino horn in Vietnam
In June I flew to Hanoi in Vietnam to attend a workshop to develop a campaign to reduce the demand for rhino horn in Vietnam. While I was there I also spent time with Education for Nature Vietnam (ENV...
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Learning about being a rhino keeper
Cathy Dean, Director
Save the Rhino is really keen to work with zoos to build support for field programmes in African and Asia, so when I received an invitation from the lovely Jane Kennedy to attend ...
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A legal trade in rhino horn
The international trade in rhino horn, regulated by the Convention on International Trade of Endangered Species (CITES), has been banned since 1977. While international trade is illegal under this con...
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