World Rhino Day was September 22 – and from Australia to Zimbabwe, the message was loud and clear: Rhino horn is NOT medicine!
Browsing the archives for the southeast Asia tag
5 Oct 11
Posted in African Rhinos, Asian Rhinos, Public Awareness, Public Awareness Videos, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged all in for rhinos, Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, public awareness video, rhino, rhinoceros, South Africa, southeast Asia, UK, USA, Vietnam, World Rhino Day, World Rhino Day 2011, Zimbabwe
Tagged all in for rhinos, Australia, Malaysia, Nepal, public awareness video, rhino, rhinoceros, South Africa, southeast Asia, UK, USA, Vietnam, World Rhino Day, World Rhino Day 2011, Zimbabwe
19 Sep 11
Posters featuring critically endangered Javan and Sumatran rhinos are now available!
Posted in Announcements, Asian Rhinos, Borneo Rhino, Javan Rhino, Public Awareness, Public Awareness Posters, Rhino Education, Sumatran Rhino
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, critically endangered species, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Javan Rhino, Public Awareness, rhino posters, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, Sumatran Rhino, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, World Rhino Day
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, critically endangered species, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Javan Rhino, Public Awareness, rhino posters, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, Sumatran Rhino, TRAFFIC Southeast Asia, World Rhino Day
25 Apr 11
Tweet The world has lost one of its few remaining Sumatran rhinos. The International Rhino Foundation has sadly announced today that “Torgamba”, an elderly Sumatran rhino, died on Saturday at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Indonesia, following a lengthy illness. Torgamba was estimated to be 32 years old. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Saving [...]
Posted in Announcements, Asian Rhinos, Borneo Rhino, Endangered Species, Public Awareness, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Education, Sumatran Rhino
Tagged Andalas, Asia, Asian rhino, Bina, critically endangered species, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, extinct, extinction, Indonesia, Public Awareness, Ratu, rhino, Rhino Conservation, rhinoceros, Rosa, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, Sumatran Rhino, Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, Torgamba, Way Kambas National Park
Tagged Andalas, Asia, Asian rhino, Bina, critically endangered species, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, extinct, extinction, Indonesia, Public Awareness, Ratu, rhino, Rhino Conservation, rhinoceros, Rosa, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, Sumatran Rhino, Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, Torgamba, Way Kambas National Park
12 Apr 11
Tweet Authorities in Nepal have arrested a well-known rhino poacher. A notorious rhino poacher who had previously been granted amnesty by the Nepalese government is once again in custody. Ram Sharan Bishworkarma (Ramsaran BK), along with Chhong Palden Lama, were reportedly arrested in Kathmandu with twelve rhino toes in their possession. In 2001, Bishworkarma was [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal trade in rhino horn, Indian rhino, Public Awareness, Rhino Crime Syndicates, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Bangkok, Chhong Palden Lama, China, Chinese, Chitwan National Park, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kathmandu, Nepal, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Ram Sharan Bishworkarma, Ramsaran BK, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino toenails, rhino toes, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, superstition, TCM, Thailand, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, Bangkok, Chhong Palden Lama, China, Chinese, Chitwan National Park, Greater One-Horned Rhino, illegal rhino horn trade, Indian rhino, Indian subcontinent, Kathmandu, Nepal, poacher, Poaching, Public Awareness, Ram Sharan Bishworkarma, Ramsaran BK, rhino, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, rhino toenails, rhino toes, rhinoceros, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, superstition, TCM, Thailand, traditional Chinese medicine, Vietnam, Vietnamese
10 Sep 10
International Partnership Moves Forward to Provide Safe Haven for Critically Endangered Javan Rhinos
Tweet There is hope for the world’s 48 Javan rhinos, thanks to a team of international rhino conservation groups. An exciting project to expand the habitat of the world’s only viable population of critically endangered Javan rhinos is moving forward, thanks to a coalition of international rhino conservation organizations. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Endangered Species, Javan Rhino, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, folklore, illegal rhino horn trade, Indonesia, Java, Javan Rhino, myths about rhino horn, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Ujung Kulon National Park, Vietnam, Vietnamese, volcanic eruption, volcano
Tagged Asia, Asian rhino, China, Chinese, folklore, illegal rhino horn trade, Indonesia, Java, Javan Rhino, myths about rhino horn, poacher, Poaching, Rhino Conservation, Rhino Horn, Rhino Poaching, Rhinoceros sondaicus, Saving Rhinos, southeast Asia, superstition, TCM, traditional Chinese medicine, Ujung Kulon National Park, Vietnam, Vietnamese, volcanic eruption, volcano
21 Apr 10
Tweet A camera trap on the island of Borneo has photographed what is believed to be a pregnant Sumatran rhino. Although only a handful of the Borneo subspecies of the Sumatran rhino still remains, new hope for this species has been discovered: A pregnant Borneo rhino has been captured on film! According to the Borneo [...]
Posted in Asian Rhinos, Borneo Rhino, Endangered Species, Rhino Conservation, Sumatran Rhino
Tagged Asia, Bornean rhino, Borneo Rhino, Borneo Rhino Alliance, camera trap, Chinese folk medicine, CITES Appendix I, criticially endangered, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni, fragmented population, Indonesia, Malaysia, oil palm plantation, palm oil, pregnant Borneo rhino, Sabah Wildlife Department, southeast Asia, superstition about rhino horn
Tagged Asia, Bornean rhino, Borneo Rhino, Borneo Rhino Alliance, camera trap, Chinese folk medicine, CITES Appendix I, criticially endangered, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni, fragmented population, Indonesia, Malaysia, oil palm plantation, palm oil, pregnant Borneo rhino, Sabah Wildlife Department, southeast Asia, superstition about rhino horn
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