Thursday, 19 September 2013
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Fourth World
Rhino Day
Round the Corner World Rhino Day 2013 – on Sunday 22 September - is the fourth International World Rhino Day. It is, first and foremost, about raising public awareness of the plight of rhinos across the world. It is a way of making people think about rhinos and the ever-increasing poaching threat. It is also an opportunity for the public to reflect on the dedicated men and women who work to protect rhino and to take action that will help
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support their work. World Rhino Day’s slogan is “Five rhino species forever”. The five species are: the Black and White rhino found in Africa, the Greater One-horned rhino found in India and Nepal, the Sumatran rhino in south East Asia and the Javan rhino in Indonesia. Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) in Namibia has been protecting the desertadapted black rhino population of Namibia for more than thirty years. Due to its long standing efforts to protect the black rhino, Save the Rhino Trust has recently been given the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA) Annual International Conservation Award for 'Significant Achievement'. Save the Rhino Trust works with the community, the government and other NGOs to protect this species. This unity for the cause makes all the difference. Whereas South Africa experienced 668 poaching incidents in 2012 and over 618 poaching incidents in 2013, Namibia recorded only three cases in the last two years. The illegally traded horn is in great demand by affluent Asians and Vietnamese. It is used in traditional medicine and believed to have miraculous curative powers for everything from a headache to cancer, even though science has proven otherwise. Rhino horn is made up of the same material as a human fingernail.