World Rhino Day 2012: FIVE RHINO SPECIES FOREVER! World Rhino Day celebrates all five species of rhino and works to eliminate demand for rhino horn by highlighting efforts to debunk the medicinal myths about rhino horn. Please join us in our efforts to bring attention to the plight of these iconic pachyderms on September 22.
World Rhino Day events in Sweden will be hosted by The Perfect World Foundation. Perfect World has dedicated the year of 2014 to the cause of raising awareness dangers of rhino trade and poaching. Rhino ambassadors have contributed rhino sculptures and placed them in prominent locations in Stockholm and Gothenburg.
“Nosse” is created by Elisabeth Rippe and is now decorating Universeum.
A international conference dedicated toward raising awareness for the rhino is planned during the month of September. On September 18th there will be a conservation gala dinner attended by Swedish celebrities and royal family members. The celebration will continue with a DJ event on the weekend of the 19th and 20th to raise additional funds for rhinos.
Details about the conservation gala dinner can be found here.
Dublin Zoo is celebrating World Rhino Day 2014 with activities for the whole family! Photo courtesy of Dublin Zoo.
Dublin Zoo is celebrating World Rhino Day 2014 with activities for the whole family! In addition to informative talks throughout the weekend, visitors will enjoy the following activities:
Presentation documenting Dublin Zoo keepers’ work in Zimbabwe’s Lowveld Rhino Conservancy
Keeper Lectures
Personal encounter and opportunity for a photo with the zoo’s walkabout rhino ‘Rodney’
A chance to hand paint the zoo’s large rhino money box
Cameroon will celebrate World Rhino Day with Dance4Rhinos!
Cameroon will be joining other nations across the world to call for the protection of all different rhino species through Dance4Rhinos.
Three dancing groups made up of over 50 persons dressed in t-shirts carrying the pictures of rhino will stage a powerful cultural dance presentation in Buea. These dancers will sing songs with messages calling for the international community to join forces and safe the remaining species of rhino in the world.
The groups, the Bamumbu Cultural Dance Group, Ndungated Cultural Meeting and the Alou Cultural Dance Group are selected from villages adjacent to some key conservation areas, such as the proposed Tofala Hill Wildlife Sanctuary and the Mak-betchou Chimpanzee sanctuary.
A huge THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated World Rhino Day 2013! We look forward to another successful World Rhino Day in 2014. In the meantime, enjoy the World Rhino Day 2013 compilation video!
Join Project Rhino KZN and Kinglsey Holgate for World Rhino Weekend at the Boardwalk Shopping Centre, where more than 5,000 pieces of rhino art created by children in South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland will be on display!
Kingsley Holgate and other celebrities will be speaking to an estimated 30,000 visitors over the weekend and South African soccer team — Thanda Rhinos — will make a special appearance. White “rhino crosses” will be sold to raise funds for Project Rhino KZN’s work and schools, businesses, artists and conservation leaders are lining up to take part in this weekend of targeted action, fundraising and awareness!
Project Rhino KZN has also created two three-minute video clips (in English and Vietnamese). In these, children from KwaZulu-Natal speak out vehemently against rhino poaching and their words are supported by thousands of hand-drawn pictures from children in the rest of South Africa, Mozambique and Swaziland. Project Rhino KZN encourages all World Rhino Day supporters to hear the heartfelt pleas of children asking for rhino poaching to be stopped, and to share the videos!
No one is too young to celebrate World Rhino Day: A talented group of nursery school children in South Africa have created a rhino out of cardboard boxes and newspaper, and giving it a colorful paint job.
Colorful rhino created by nursery school students!
The rhino will be displayed on the corner of Napier and San Souci Roads in Parktown for World Rhino Day!
In celebration of World Rhino Day weekend, Goldfields Mall in Welkom is giving customers the opportunity to clad their rhino sculpture “Mapompana” (the Short Fat One) in R10 notes on Saturday 21 September in aid of Anti Poaching.
Mapompana is one of the largest solid concrete rhino sculptures in South Africa and is loved by young and old.
Mapompana is one of the largest solid concrete rhino sculptures in South Africa and is loved by young and old. Children have become accustomed to climbing on Mapompana whilst parents enjoy refreshments
in the Piazza.
For the second year in a row, a “Paint-a-thon” will be held at Greenwhich College in Johannesburg, South Africa. Student volunteers are giving up their Saturday night to paint pictures of rhinos. The emphasis is to paint at night in order to also raise awareness that this is when the rhinos are most vulnerable. Photo courtesy of Natasha Griffiths. “Paint-a-thon” at Greenwhich College in Johannesburg.
Rhino Force Bracelets: These cool beaded bracelets are raising funds for rhino conservation and NGOs such as Save the Rhino International. World Rhino Day is the perfect time to wear a Rhino Force Bracelet!
September marks the return of Megafauna to the Lost Rhino Brewing Company beer menu!
September marks the return of Megafauna to the Lost Rhino Brewing Company beer menu! The popular offering, introduced last year, pays homage to the Brewery’s rhino namesake. Megafauna translates as “large animal” and is fittingly making its comeback appearance during the month when World Rhino Day is celebrated, September 22nd.
For every pint of Megafauna ordered in the Tasting Room during the month of September, Lost Rhino will donate 25¢ to Save the Rhino International!
The Buffalo Zoo in New York will hold a special event on World Rhino Day to raise funds for the International Rhino Foundation.
The Buffalo Zoo in New York will hold a special event on World Rhino Day to raise funds for the International Rhino Foundation. Tickets are $5 and include a presentation on the five rhinos species, raffles, snacks, and refreshments.
The Henry Vilas Zoo in Madison, WI, will hold a World Rhino Day celebration on September 22 from 3:00 pm — 6:00 pm at Capital Brewery, located at 7734 Terrace Avenue in Middleton.
The event will feature Rhino Facts Trivia and Raffle Drawings. Times and raffle items will be added soon!
The San Diego chapter of the International Rhino Keeper Association is celebrating World Rhino Day by hosting a party called “Winos for Rhinos” from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm at Vinz Wine Bar, located at 201 E Grand Ave, Escondido, CA 92025!
This event features wine tasting and a wine raffle! From 11:30 am to 6:00 pm, 20% of Vinz Wine Bar’s proceeds will go to the International Rhino Keeper Association.
(Source: Amanda Lussier)
The Saint Louis Zoo is thrilled to celebrate World Rhino Day on September 21st from 10am – 3pm. Come on out to visit the rhinos in the River’s Edge. There will be crafts and activities for kids and give-a-ways, including bookmarks and wristbands! Talk with a rhino keeper and help save the critically endangered black rhino!
Milwaukee County Zoo (located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) is celebrating World Rhino Day with two keeper talks to learn about the five species of rhinos, the poaching epidemic, and the Milwaukee County Zoo’s two black rhinos, Mimi and Brewster. Talks will be given in front of the outdoor black rhino exhibits at 11 a.m. and 2:30 p.m.
The Columbus Zoo and Aquarium will have an Education Table set up in front of the pachyderm building with a rhino awareness board, handouts with rhino facts, coloring sheets, and ticket information for a rhino lecture that will be held at the Fawcett Center here in Columbus in November. There will also be games for the kids and TWO special rhino keeper talks/training demos!
The 2014 Rhino Conservation Calendars are NOW on sale for $22 USD until September 22nd!
Annamiticus will launch Episode 1 of the educational web series “Ancient Rhinos of Southeast Asia” on September 22. “Ancient Rhinos of Southeast Asia” is an educational web series which takes viewers on a historical journey of two Asian rhino species from their once plentiful existence to their decimation, and finally, to today’s unprecedented international effort to rescue these critically endangered megafauna from the edge of extinction.
Wondering what to wear on World Rhino Day?
T-shirt sales will benefit the International Rhino Foundation’s Javan and Sumatran rhino conservation programs!How about a rhino t-shirt: Annamiticus is contributing t-shirt proceeds from the month of September to the International Rhino Foundation‘s Sumatran and Javan rhino conservation programs. These two species are the rarest of rhinos: The Sumatran rhino currently numbers fewer than 100, and there are no more than 50 Javan rhinos still surviving.
Join Project Rhino KZN and Kinglsey Holgate for World Rhino Weekend at the Boardwalk Shopping Centre, where more than 5,000 pieces of rhino art created by children in South Africa, Mozambique, and Swaziland will be on display!
