World Rhino Day Updates

Local communities across Africa are vital to rhino conservation. In some regions where rhinos once faced the threat of extinction, reformed poachers are earning new livelihoods as rangers, using their knowledge to protect species they once hunted. Learn more in our latest report.

Among our planet’s most iconic wildlife, rhinos stand apart thanks to their distinctive horns, armor-like hides, and immense size. These gigantic herbivores first appeared after the dinosaurs vanished and long before the existence of humans. And while today’s rhinos still carry this proud and historic pedigree, their prevalence has dramatically dwindled over relatively little time. Learn more about our efforts to recover rhinos in Majete National Park.

Safely and painlessly removing a rhino’s horn is an innovative strategy that is helping to thwart poachers and return rhinos to Mozambique. We are highlighting an incredible program from the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA), an RRF grantee who has partnered with the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) to launch an innovative and highly effective program for white rhinos wandering across the South Africa border into Mozambique.

Discover what it’s like protecting rhinos on the ground with this visual story highlighting the reintroduction of black rhinos to Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, a landmark project supported by the RRF.