Our Horns Only Belong To Us !
World Rhino Day - 22 September 2017
All 5 rhino species are facing the threat of extinction within our lifetimes due to poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking.
Rhinos are being killed by poachers at a rate of just over 3 a day. Many rhino populations have already gone locally extinct and others are on the brink. Southern white rhino have the biggest population at just about 20,000 left.
Other populations of rhino species like the Javan and Sumatran rhino are below 100 animals left. Its hard to get an actual number of how many rhinos have been killed in the last 10 years due to poaching because of lack of reporting and or skewed reports. But, we know that between 2007 and 2016 “officially” 6,115 rhinos have been killed by poachers in South Africa.
The murder of rhinos is fueled by a demand for their horn. A demand that comes primarily from East Asian countries, China and Vietnam are the two biggest markets, and those markets are putting big money behind the illegal trade.
White Rhinoceroses or Square-lipped rhinoceros / Breitmaulnashörner (Ceratotherium simum)
Karongwe Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa
Our Horns Only Belong To Us !
World Rhino Day - 22 September 2017
All 5 rhino species are facing the threat of extinction within our lifetimes due to poaching and illegal wildlife trafficking.
Rhinos are being killed by poachers at a rate of just over 3 a day. Many rhino populations have already gone locally extinct and others are on the brink. Southern white rhino have the biggest population at just about 20,000 left.
Other populations of rhino species like the Javan and Sumatran rhino are below 100 animals left. Its hard to get an actual number of how many rhinos have been killed in the last 10 years due to poaching because of lack of reporting and or skewed reports. But, we know that between 2007 and 2016 “officially” 6,115 rhinos have been killed by poachers in South Africa.
The murder of rhinos is fueled by a demand for their horn. A demand that comes primarily from East Asian countries, China and Vietnam are the two biggest markets, and those markets are putting big money behind the illegal trade.
White Rhinoceroses or Square-lipped rhinoceros / Breitmaulnashörner (Ceratotherium simum)
Karongwe Game Reserve, Limpopo Province, South Africa