Helping Rhinos

Effective investigation of #rhinopoaching crime scenes is a key element in gaining convictions, and new research has highlighted the role of insects found on the body to create a timeframe for the crime.

46 rhinos have been killed by poachers in Etosha National Park so far this year according to Namibia's Department of the Environment, Forestry and Tourism #rhinopoaching #Namibia

As Kenyan authorities make gains in halting the flow of illegal wildlife products from the country, traffickers are utilising instability in the region to find other routes, further emphasising the need for a global response to the issue of wildlife crime.

While the recent WWF Living Planet Report contains dire warnings that we must not overlook, it is good to have a deeper look at some of the more encouraging stories as well #conservation #climatecrisis #biodiversitycrisis

A big thank you to Wildscape Productions for featuring our CEO Simon Jones on the Wild & Unprotected podcast recently 🙏 Tune in to learn how Helping Rhinos was created and hear about some of Simon's more memorable #rhino encounters 🦏 ➡️ https://lnkd.in/e6v9TNCg

You may remember that back in April along with the Save a Child Foundation and our project-partners the Kariega Foundation, we broke ground on the Ligerman Education Centre in a key community surrounding the Kariega Game Reserve. Six months on and the centre is getting ready to open! To mark this milestone a wild plum tree was planted to grow alongside the young learners who will be starting at the centre. This centre will become a place for some of the youngest members of this community to start their educational journeys and we cannot wait to see it open its doors 🙌 The education centre will play a crucial part in the community with places for 40 children aged between 1 and 4 years who are currently not in school. Conservation and community must go hand in hand to create a better future for our wild spaces and the people who live alongside them, and the Ligerman EDC shows us that when we look after nature, nature will look after us 🦏

If your company is looking to take on a #challengeevent in 2025, there's no better time to sign-up because our friends at Ultra Challenge are running an Autumn discount 🙌 Sign-up for an event before the 1st November and receive a FREE Tech T Shirt (worth £20), plus SAVE up to 75% off the registration fee. Step 1 - choose your event (there's hundreds to choose from, all over the UK and internationally, with a variety of distances and difficulties) Step 2 - choose Helping Rhinos as your charity Step 3 - get training and fundraising Taking on a challenge event is an incredible way to support our work and make a real difference for rhinos 🦏 Learn more and find your event ⬇️ https://lnkd.in/dzTSPnMa

The latest Living Planet Report has found that wildlife populations have declined by almost 75% on average over the past 50 years, and warns that a number of vital ecosystems are approaching dangerous tipping points. #ClimateCrisis #BiodiversityCrisis

With South Africa's white rhino population increasing it is vital that we celebrate this success, thanks in no small part to private #rhino custodians. However this is no time to slow our efforts, as poaching numbers still remain perilously high.

THANK YOU for supporting our The Lost Rhinos | Help Us Find Them appeal - thanks to you we raised a fantastic £81,000 in just THREE DAYS 🎉 Thanks to your support we can continue finding and rehabilitating more rhino orphans than ever before, protect greater swathes of habitat to help rhinos and the countless species they live alongside to thrive, and establish new populations of critically endangered black rhino. To raise this amount in such a short space of time is truly remarkable and we could not have done it without your generous donations 🙏