Black Rhino Foundation, Inc.

09/22/2025

Happy World Rhino Day! We've still got work to do!

Conservationists mark world rhino day on Monday while they are still in a constant battle against poaching. In South Africa, the fight has been going on for decades.

10/24/2024

All, we received a message from Meta (FB) stating we infringed copyright on some post (they don't mention the post) threatening to remove our black rhino foundation page due to this infringement. The link for a review request is invalid - states Error 404 when clicked on it. This may be a scam, but if not, and our FB page is removed, just want all you rhino lovers to know this is what happened. Thank you.

09/22/2023

Happy World Rhino Day! Can you name the five species of rhinos?

New numbers released on World Rhino Day 2023 indicate rhinos are increasing and progress is being made, but urgent challenges remain.

08/15/2023

Rhino conservation at a crossroads.

On May 1 this year, an online auction for a controversial captive-breeding project that comes with one in eight of all southern white rhinos in the world ended in a whimper — with a grand total of zero bids. According to a press release on the website of the Platinum Rhino project, it received off...

09/22/2021

Happy World Rhino Day! Celebrate our h***y friends!

How did World Rhino Day get its start? Read the story here.

04/28/2021

This is an interesting read. Rhino related, a feel good story about conservation success for wildlife and humans alike. Glad to learn of this project, carbon credits and how Mangrove trees not only improve the air we breathe but reduce poaching rates as well!

The majestic mangrove forests of Kenya's east coast have helped to bring levels of poaching and logging down, while taking large quantities of carbon out of the air.

01/05/2021

In 1997, I was a volunteer on a rhino census project in Zimbabwe led by researchers Sky & Zoe. They continue to do ground breaking work with their Footprint Identification Technology (FIT) now available in an APP for rangers and scientists to unobtrusively identify individual animals and keep track of populations. "Sky Alibhai and Zoe Jewell, WildTrack co-founder and study co-lead, are training wildlife conservationists, land managers, local guides and antipoaching agents to use FIT in Namibia, home to about 28 percent of the world's black rhinos. Since the paper's publication, researchers have adapted the technology for diverse animals, including African lions, Bengal tigers and Eurasian otters."

Indigenous trackers inspire a safer way to help rhinoceroses

09/25/2020

Hey Rhino 🦏 Lovers! Can you find a few dollars to donate for new radios & camera traps to a worthy organization? The BRF is proud to help! You guys can help too. A little goes a long way. Thank you!

The Kuzikus Wildlife Reserve is a proud Custodian of Namibia's Black Rhino Cust… Johanna Reinhard needs your support for Black Rhino Camera Traps and Radios

09/11/2020

It's important to track the whereabouts of endangered black rhinoceroses, but doing so in the wilds of Namibia can be quite challenging – particularly if you don't want to physically tag them. That's where a new footprint identification system is designed to come in.

09/09/2020

This is GREAT news! A win for the rhinos (and all wildlife in Zimbabwe!)!!

A decision to give Chinese firms rights to explore for coal in the famous Hwange park is overturned.

04/30/2020

"In April 2019 Bhatti began developing Renoster, a smart listening device that detects gunshot sounds in the savanna. (The name means rhinoceros in Afrikaans.) The devices, which are slightly bigger than the palm of a hand, sit in trees, scattered throughout the reserve. When a unit detects a gunshot, it automatically sends a signal and location to the game rangers’ operations hub. Having that location (within a 100-meter radius) means there is no aimless driving or needless dispatch of helicopters and canine search units. Rangers have a head start to reach a potentially still-alive rhino and perhaps even the culprit."

Student Saif Bhatti created an acoustic device that can detect poachers’ gunshots.