Dear John,

Welcome to the December issue of RhiNEWS! New readers can subscribe by sending an email headed 'Subscribe' to info@savetherhino.org

        In this issue:

        Announcements

          Programme News

          Rhino news

        Save the Rhino events    

           Corporate partners

        Programme grants
 

This month

We were so pleased with our PechaKucha dinner in mid-November, thanks so much to everyone who attended. We raised a stunning £45,500 and even our fabulous flip-flop rhino Picasso went to a good home and raised £500! The speakers were wonderful. But onwards and upwards, we are now excited about the London Marathon and the Douglas Adams birthday celebration next year. 

SRI Director, Cathy Dean, is travelling to India this month, along with our partner organisation the International Rhino Foundation, to help teach two fundraising workshops to local NGOs, as well as visiting Manas National Park to catch up on progress with the Indian Rhino Vision 2020 project.

There always seems to be a sad note to add recently. Last month we mentioned the local extinction of the Javan rhino in Vietnam (still a population in Java). This month the official news was released of the extinction of the West African black rhino, see below for more information.

In the rest of RhiNEWS we have the usual news roundup....

Announcements

Save the Rhino Christmas Shop

Stuck for Christmas ideas? Why not visit the Save the Rhino shop and browse our wide range of merchandise which will make the perfect Christmas present for a rhino lover. We have many great gifts including cards, t-shirts, cuddly rhino toys, books, badges, stickers and lots more! You can place an order through our online shop by clicking here or email This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it or call the Save the Rhino office on 020 7357 7474.

(last guaranteed xmas delivery date for second class, orders by Thurs 15 Dec, for first class post place phone orders by 5pm Monday 19 Dec.)

Rhino Trek South Africa - Places going quickly!
Join our trek through South Africa's most stunning game reserves to track rhino on foot and come up close and personal with some of the most amazing creatures to walk, swim and fly our planet. Sleep under the stars and end up on safari at Hluwluwe-iMfolozi Park. The trip takes place 6-13 May 2012.Click here for more information.

A big thanks to Alex and Ian Taliaferro

Director Cathy Dean writes: "Almost since I started work at SRI in 2001, each year I have received a wonderful email from Mona Eliassen and Dave Taliaferro, telling me that their two sons, Alex (now 15) and Ian (now 10), had asked not to receive birthday presents but for family and friends to send donations to Save the Rhino instead. (In fact, Ian was born just 7 days after I joined SRI, so we are almost "the same age"). We would send off a thank-you T-shirt to each of them, thinking that at least they'd have something to unwrap (even if not exactly a surprise after the first couple of years), but we never actually knew what Alex and Ian looked like, all the way away in Massachusetts. Until now, when Mom Mona sent through this picture, of their two great kids, and the rhino-tastic pumpkin carved by husband Dave. We really like to meet as many of our supporters as we can, so we can say thank you in person, but this email will have to do for now. Ian and Alex, if ever you come to London, please come and see us!"

Congratulations to Aaranyak, which receives RBS Award on 31st October 2011

Aaranyak, a society for biodiversity conservation in NE India and a Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (SIRO) as recognized by the Government of India, has been awarded the prestigious RBS 2011 Earth Guardian Award. Aaranyak was chosen for the award for its outstanding contribution in the field of wildlife research, conservation and awareness generation in NE India. Click here for more information.

Programme News

Latest version of the IUCN Red List declares the Western black rhino extinct

The annual update of the IUCN Red List has pronounced the Western black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes), formerly found in Cameroon and other West African countries, extinct and the Northern white rhino (Ceratoherium simum cottoni) as presumed Extinct in the Wild. Coming so soon after the confirmation that Vietnam has now lost all of its Javan rhinos to poaching, and with the poaching crisis now reaching Namibia, this has not been a good few weeks for rhinos. To read about the IUCN Red List, click here and to read a comment from Save the Rhino's Director, click here.

Africa news stories

Kenya: African Wildlife Foundation and The Nature Conservancy help Kenyan government to declare new National Park in Laikipia
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President Mwai Kibaki has affirmed government's commitment to step up conservation activities in the country to protect the country's wildlife as a national heritage. President Kibaki asserted that the government would in collaboration with key stakeholders facilitate the creation of protected areas where the country's wildlife would roam freely and minimize human wildlife conflict.
 

Tanzania: Lusaka Agreement Task Force meeting to discuss the twin problems of poaching and illegal logging
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The Lusaka Agreement Task Force (Latf)'s 10th governing council met in Dar es Salaam to address weaknesses among partner states to contain illegal wildlife trade. Latf director Bonaventure Ebayi told a press conference that the council meeting would look into enormous threats to wildlife species such as poaching and illegal logging.

Namibia: Poachers slaughter rhino calf in Kunene Region
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The first black rhino poaching case in 17 years has been reported in the Kunene Region. This was inevitable according to rhino activists who say that as rhino poaching has surged in South Africa

Namibia: Comment from the Ministry of Environment and Tourism on the rhino-tracking devices it is using in the fight against poaching
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Chief conservation scientist in the Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Pierre du Preez, says the young black rhino calf that was found dead in the Huab Conservancy did not have a GPS tracking device. He said the calf was not fitted with the device because it was still too young. Its horn, on which the device would have been fitted, was also too small.
 

Namibia: Save the Rhino Trust launches a rhino adoption scheme
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Inspired by the story of the black rhino in Namibia, Nicky Schubert, a 28-year-old Swakopmund resident, made history recently when she was the first individual Namibian to 'adopt' a black rhino. For the next year, Nicky is the proud sponsor - she pays just under N$1 000 a month - of a young black rhino calf as part of the Save the Rhino Trust's (SRT) Sponsor a Rhino programme.

Namibia: The bushfires that spread into Etosha National Park killed 25 black rhino, as well as other species
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Recently, the Etosha National Park was badly damaged by veld fires. As a result of this veld fire in Etosha, a number of animals perished. These mortalities, according to the Minister of Environment and Tourism, included 25 black rhinoceros, 5 white rhinoceros, 11 elephants, 60 giraffes, 30 kudus, and 3 lions.

Namibia: Video by Frans Lanting of his experience going to photo black rhinos in Namibia with Simson and SRT trackers
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Join Frans Lanting as he tries to photograph the rare black rhino — without getting trampled.

Zimbabwe: Six rhino poachers arrested after shootout with rangers in Bubye
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Three suspected poachers from Beit Bridge were shot and seriously injured, while three others escaped unhurt during a shoot-out with game rangers at the Bubi Conservancy outside Beit Bridge.
 

Zimbabwe: Update on the court case of the poaching gang arrested in a sting in July
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A suspected poaching syndicate, which is believed to have been behind the poaching of endangered species, has been rounded up. Peter Makaye (40) Nelson Abraham (34) Charles Muzenda (43) David Murahwa (37) and Godfrey Nyambuya have since appeared before local magistrate Oliver Mudzongachisvo facing charges of contravening a section of the Parks and Wildlife Act.
 

Zimbabwe:  Video on the rhino protection work of the International Anti-Poaching Foundation based in Victoria Falls
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The illegal trafficking of wildlife and animal products is the third largest criminal industry in the world where black rhinos are particularly prized by poachers.
 

South Africa: 214 suspected rhino poachers arrested in South Africa between Apr 2010-Mar 2011, but no information on how many were convicted
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A total of 214 suspected rhino poachers were arrested in South Africa between April 2010 and March 2011, according to the 4th National Compliance and Enforcement Report (NECER).

South Africa: Anti-poaching equipment handed over to rangers in Kruger National Park
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Almost 10 tons of anti-poaching equipment has been handed over to field rangers in the Kruger National Park to help them tackle a determined assault by international rhino horn syndicates. The equipment, worth about R1.75 million, includes backpacks, compasses, camouflage equipment, first-aid kits, tents and a variety of other field equipment.

South Africa: Breakthrough as officials arrest two Thai nationals on arrival at OR Tambo Airport
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Investigators are compiling charges against two men arrested in connection with rhino horn smuggling. The men were intercepted shortly after they landed at the OR Tambo International Airport. The South African Revenue Service (SARS) said the arrests were a result of weeks of gathering and processing information and were a major breakthrough.

South Africa: Ex-Kruger vet arrested and then released on bail in connection with rhino poaching
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A world renowned game veterinarian and former head of the Kruger Park's game capturing unit, Dr Douw Grobler, was last week held on charges relating to rhino poaching. He was arrested at his house in Skuitbaai outside Port Elizabeth as a result of investigations against controversial professional hunter and game farmer, Hugo Ras.

South Africa: Great pix of helicopter assistance for a WWF-BRREP rhino translocation
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For some endangered rhinos, a 1,000-mile road to rescue from poachers starts with a helicopter ride — hanging upside down, blindfolded and sedated. It's a quick way to pluck them to safety at a time when poaching for rhino horns is rampant.

South Africa: Number of rhinos killed so far in 2011 reaches 353 in SA alone
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The number of rhinos reported dead in South Africa today has climbed to 353, with the total feared to be, "in excess of 400 rhino being poached this year," according to Dr. Jacques Flamand, Project Leader for the World Wildlife Fund's (WWF) Black Rhino Range Expansion Project.

South Africa: One poacher killed and another arrested after shootout with rangers in Ndumo Game Reserve, on the border with Mozambique
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Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife officials received a tip-off from their intelligence officers that five Mozambican poachers were on their way to the reserve to shoot a rhino. Eight rangers were deployed and conducted a three-day stake out in the reserve.

South Africa: Phila, the young black rhino shot 9 times, has recovered well in Joburg Zoo & is ready to go back to the wild
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For over a year, the Johannesburg Zoo has been a safe home for Phila, where it has received medical attention and was able recuperate from gunshot wounds inflicted by poachers. The five-year-old black rhino was shot nine times by poachers in two separate incidents.

South Africa: Rhino cow killed at Shamwari Game Reserve; calf survives
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Staff at the Shamwari Nature Reserve outside Port Elizabeth are enraged after a rhinoceros was found dead beside her dehorned calf. The last time a rhino was killed at the reserve was in December 2008.

South Africa: Rhino horn trade triggers extinction threat
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Private security armies and the South African military have cracked down. Still, rhinos are being killed in South Africa alone at a rate exceeding one a day, a rate that has already made one species of rhino extinct and threatens the two others.

South Africa: Two rhinos shot dead at farm in Hectorspruit, Mpumulanga province, over the weekend
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Two white rhinos were shot dead on a farm near Hectorspruit at the weekend, Mpumalanga police said on Monday. Rangers on Mauricedale farm heard shots on Saturday evening and found the carcasses soon after, Captain Leonard Hlathi said.

South Africa: Protest against rhino poaching
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To raise awareness and get more people behind the move to stop the cruelty of killing rhinos, the Johannesburg Zoo hosted a march against rhino poaching on 13 November.

South Africa: The row over the Private Rhino Owners Association and its position on legalising the trade in rhino horn
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Brian Sandberg suggests that LeadSA, and by association its founders, Primedia Broadcasting and Independent Newspapers, have failed to act in the public interest by seeming to allow those involved with its anti- rhino poaching initiative, RAGE, to act as spokespersons for LeadSA on contentious issues such as the legalising of the rhino horn trade.

Botswana: A rhino has gone missing in Makgadikgadi Pan, giving rise to fears of poaching spreading from South Africa
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The disappearance of the pachyderm was noted during a recent animal count by the Department of Wildlife and National Parks in the Pans. DWNP is alert about the situation in South Africa and they are ready to meet the challenge if Botswana becomes the next target for the international poaching syndicates.

Asia news stories

Asia: Comment on the extinction of the Western black rhino and call for support for Javan and Sumatran rhino conservation efforts

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The recent news of the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros on mainland Asia, with the death by poaching of the last remaining female in Vietnam in 2010, prompts us to draw attention to two implications for Malaysia, according to LEAP.

India: Camera traps (aka "stealth cameras") being deployed to photo poachers, not rhinos, in Kaziranga NP in Assam
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The North Carolina Museum of Natural History's new Nature Research Center will employ cutting-edge technologies to communicate scientific discoveries to students, policy-makers and citizens.

Dudhwa National Park to introduce rhino ID files to aid its monitoring programme
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Rhinos in the Dudhwa Tiger Reserve will soon get a unique identity number, a step which will help wildlife officials track their movement, report IBN Live.

India: Four would-be rhino poachers arrested in Kaziranga National Park, Assam; weapons recovered
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Kaziranga National Park guards arrested four poachers in the Kohora forest range on Friday and seized two hand-made rifles, ammunition and some sharp weapons from them.

India: How the Chinese arms & pharmaceutical company, the Hawk group, is trying to buy rhino horns from India

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Read the extraordinary story of how a Chinese pharmaceutical company is allegedly offering rebel leaders arms in return for 'rhino samples'.

India: Rhino carcass found in Kaziranga NP in Assam, horn intact, so thought death caused by fighting. Post mortem underway

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The famed Kaziranga National Park has lost another rhino with park authorities finding a rhino carcass in the Kohora forest range early on Tuesday, reports the Times of India.

Nepal: Three men with a rhino horn arrested
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Laxmi Chaulagain, Binod Bista and Mohammad Siddhiki of Dhangadhi Municipality were arrested with 850-gram of horn, forest officer Rajendra Man Singh Bhandari of the District Forest Office, Kailali   confirmed.

Nepal: Tibetan man living in Nepal, who was on Bardia NP's most wanted list, charged with smuggling wildlife products
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Police today nabbed Tashi Namdol Lama, a Tibetan exile living in Nepal, from Swoyambhu for his alleged involvement in trading in the body parts of endangered wild animals say the Himalayan.

Nepal: US government makes $30 million available to tackle conservation in Nepal
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KATHMANDU — The United States announced on Tuesday the launch of a $30 million programme to combat the severe threat climate change is posing to the people and the diverse wildlife of Nepal.

Malaysia: Conservation groups in Sabah, Borneo, argue that Sumatran rhinos need to be caught to start captive breeding efforts
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Captive breeding of the Borneo Sumatran rhinos seems to be the way forward in preventing its extinction according to the Online Star.

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Malaysia: Why the Sabah subspecies of Sumatran rhino could be the next to die out
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It is not too late to draw lessons from the continuing decline of the Sumatran rhino, say the New Straits Times.

Vietnam: Bones go missing from the skeleton of the Javan rhino poached in Cat Tien NP last year
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A group of scientists at the Central Highlands Biological Institute has claimed that some bone parts of the last Javan rhino in Vietnam have disappeared during the process of restoring the animal's whole skeleton.

Vietnam: Cat Tien National Park needs a new logo, after the Vietnamese subspecies of Javan rhinos goes extinct
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Cat Tien National Park is looking for a new logo to replace the old one, which features the Javan rhinoceros that has been declared extinct in Vietnam.

Vietnam: Scientists hold out hope that one or two Javan rhinos still survive in Vietnam

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Vietnamese scientists said that based on statistics, there might be some Javan rhinos left in Vietnam, according to a report in Saigon Tiep Thi (even though WWF are sure the species is extinct).

Taiwan: Taiwan Forestry Bureau announces more grants for rhino conservation

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Taiwan will now fund Aaranyak, a Guwahati-based NGO, to the tune of US $ 6,000, for a project titled 'Monitoring of greater one-horned rhino in Jaldapara wildlife sanctuary'.

World news stories

Misc: Annual update of the IUCN RedList declares the western subspecies of the black rhino extinct

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No wild black rhinos remain in West Africa, according to the latest global assessment of threatened species.

Misc: Article on the potential legalisation of rhino horn trade
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"If you consider the plight of tigers at the moment, which are extensively 'farmed' in China, there appears to be no advantage for conservation of the species," says Francesca Shapland of the UK's Save the Rhino.

Misc: BBC news version of the rhino horn seizure in Hong Kong story
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The BBC reports that Customs officers in Hong Kong have seized 33 horns from highly endangered rhinoceroses and hundreds of ivory products worth $2m (£1.26m).

Misc: Comment on captive breeding of rhinos versus support for wild populations as a conservation priority
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The IUCN warning that the wild black rhinoceros sub-species (Diceros bicornis longipes) is extinct in West Africa is a signal that Western conservationists should consider investing in breeding rhino in the wild, rather than in captive breeding projects, says Dr Wayne Linklater.

Misc: Customs officials in Hong Kong find illegal shipment from Cape Town in South Africa, containing 33 rhino horns and ivory items, together worth US $2.2 million
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Hong Kong customs agents have confiscated a shipment of rhino horns and ivory worth about 17.4 million Hong Kong dollars ($2.2 million) — their biggest seizure of smuggled endangered species products, officials said.

Misc: English-speaking thieves steal rhino horn from auction house in Vienna, Austria

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A rare rhino horn worth up to 80,000 Euros has been stolen by two English-speaking crooks from an auction house, say police in Vienna, Austria.

Misc: Fingers crossed for Dr Terri Roth, for her work breeding Sumatran rhinos at Cincinnati Zoo, who's been nominated for the 2012 Indianapolis prize
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Here's a look at four of the nominees for the Indianapolis Prize interviewed by The Star this week by Steven C. Amstrup.

Misc: Fossils found from 30-million year old rhino living in North Dakota, USA
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The remains of an ancient rhinoceros, a Tyrannosaurus rex tooth and other fossils found at various dig sites in the state this summer now are in the North Dakota State Fossil Collection.

Misc: Great article on the demand for rhino horn & need to address it
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The belief that powdered rhino horn cured cancer is being blamed for surge in demand that has wiped out three species report the Guardian.

Misc: Live rhino birth on webcam from Amersfoort Zoo is an internet hit
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Rhino Saar finally gave birth after a pregnancy lasting almost 500 days. Saar has been under webcam scrutiny for the past few weeks, attracting up to 6,000 viewers a day, according to Dutch News.

Misc: Lucy Vigne argues that rhino trophy hunts should become cheaper, to bring back legitimate US and European hunters, while clamping down on pseudo-hunts
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THE trophy-hunting industry in SA needs to stop allowing east Asian pseudo-hunters from acquiring rhino horn under the guise of trophies, says Lucy Vigne.

Misc: Michael McCarthy, in The Independent, writing about why the extinction of the last Javan rhino in Vietnam matters
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You probably missed it on the news, three weeks ago, the item about the Vietnamese rhinoceros going extinct; it didn't make a lot of noise, says Michael McCarthy. He explains why it matters (of course it matters to us)

Misc: Paper analysing scientists' opinions on the likelihood of loss of biological diversity & their opinions on the need for conservation triage
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The large investments needed if loss of biological diversity is to be stemmed will likely lead to increased public and political scrutiny of conservation strategies and the science underlying them writes Murray A Rudd in Conservation Biology.
 

Misc: Secretary General of CITES urges response commensurate with the scale of the problem of wildlife crime
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The head of the United Nations-backed convention on endangered species called today for the stepping up of efforts by countries and international organizations to combat the illegal trade in rhino horn...

Misc: South Africa to take DNA samples from the 33 rhino horns confiscated in Hong Kong
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The South African Department of Environmental Affairs Wednesday congratulated China on the seizure of rhino horn and ivory items in Hong Kong and said it plans to send a delegation to Hong Kong to take DNA samples of the rhino horns.

Misc: The threats to rhinos' survival
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Can nobody stop it? Can no major political leader or other public figure realise what is happening and have the guts or find a moment to speak out about the horrific, heartless, headlong slaughter of the world's rhinos which is now running out of control? An impassioned plea from Michael McCarthy in The Independent.

Misc: Update on the horn thefts from the Vienna auction houses; seems a second pair were then stolen from the new buyer, a taxidermist, by a different gang
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Thieves made away with a second rhinoceros horn in Vienna after a first one was snatched at an auction house in the capital earlier last week. The two horns were among five to be put up for sale by the Dorotheum auction house.

Misc: UK: Two men arrested and charged with theft of rhino head from Haslemere musuem in May 2011
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An Essex man has been charged with conspiracy to burgle after a rhinoceros head was stolen from a Surrey museum. The rhinoceros head was taken from Haslemere Educational Museum in the early hours of 27 May this year.

And Finally: What happens when a black rhino gets wind of a film crew
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The dangers of wildlife filming are shown here in this re-enactment of a film crews dangerous brush with African Rhinos.

Save the Rhino events

Be the first to run 100m in the Olympic Stadium!

1 April 2012

The Gold Challenge will be holding a very special Olympic test event on 1 April 2012. We have two places in a 100m race to give away to two very lucky 'Team Rhino' members. One place will go to the highest fundraiser and one place will be a ballot for those taking part in the Gold Challenge. Sign up for the Gold Challenge to fundraise for Save the Rhino before 29 Feb 2012 for your chance to win (you don't have to be an expert sprinter!). Click here for more information or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Rhino Trek South Africa

6-13 May 2012

Spend 5 days trekking across South Africa's most stunning game reserves, tracking rhino on foot, sleeping under the stars and seeing the most amazing creatures to walk, fly and swim on our planet. The 2012 trek will take place from 6-13 May, and the memories will last forever. Click here for more information or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Run for Rhinos!

22 April 2012

We still have a few Gold Bond spaces available to join next year's Save the Rhino London marathon team. If you feel up for a marathon challenge, join our team to receive training and fundraising support along the way and also meet like-minded runners, while also raising funds for vital rhino conservation programmes in Africa and Asia. If you would like to be considered for the London 2012 marathon team please fill in an online application form by clicking here or alternatively contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it for more information.

Rhino Climb Kilimanjaro

27 Sept – 6 Oct 2012

The late, great Douglas Adams took part in a trek from Mombasa to the top of Kilimanjaro for Save the Rhino back in 1994, taking a turn to wear the famous rhino costume along the coastal stretch. He writes about it in 'The Salmon of Doubt'. Since then, we have continued this trip for rhino conservation and offer a very special trip to Mkomazi (where the legendary Tony Fitzjohn works) to visit one of the rhino programmes we support. If you have dreamed of climbing Kilimanjaro, then what better way to do it than visiting the rhino project you fundraise for? Click here for more information or contact This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it

Corporate partners

Victor Stationery

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Victor Stationery's flagship brand, RHINO continues to lead the way in a major awareness and fundraising campaign across the UK in support of Save the Rhino. The partnership continues to boost our conservation work through substantial financial support and by having added the slogan "Buying Rhinos Saves Rhinos" to every new product. Check out their great range today! Buy online via Amazon. 

Joya Collection

www.joyacards.co.za
Joya sells beautifully illustrated gift cards with stunning silver charms for various occasions and has created unique rhino necklaces / bracelets and gift card to

 help raise much needed awareness and funds to try to combat the alarming rise in rhino poaching, which is particularly critical in South Africa. 10% from the sale of every card will be donated to Save the Rhino International. The rhino cards are sold online and can be shipped worldwide and are also being sold in South Africa through various outlets. They make great gifts and it helps a great cause so check them out today!

Programme grants in October

We sent £34,337 to Toyota Gibraltar to pay for a new field patrol vehicle for the North Luangwa Conservation Programme in Zambia. This purchase was made possible with very generous grants from the Mohamed bin Zayed Species Conservation Fund, The Martin Wills Fund, the Simon Gibson Charitable Trust, donations from Peter Lawrence and from Save the Rhino core funds.

£17,775 was sent to the Zambezi Society in Zimbabwe for its Leopard project made possible by a grant from WildCRU.

A huge thank you to all of our generous donors and grant-makers.

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