Countries around the world are taking part in #WORLDRHINODAY and the celebration of these magnificent animals, bringing awareness to their plight while gaining new enthusiasts wanting to help.
A host of countries participating in celebrations include Australia, Canada, Estonia, Germany, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Kuwait, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, United Kingdom, United States, Vietnam and Zimbabwe, according to WorldRhinoDay.org. Check for events in your area.
Rhinos can become extinct in our lifetime, says Team Rhino, and none of us want that to happen.
With more than 23,000 tweets worldwide using the #worldrhinoday hashtag this morning, it is clear the world says enough and wishes to see an end to the illegal poaching of the rhinoceros.
Watch the video of a true survivor, Hope, found in the bushes of South Africa, barely alive after her horn was hacked off by poachers in the night, leaving her for dead, reports the Telegraph. Hope is alive and thriving under the loving and capable hands of Saving the Survivors. See her story of survival to understand the plight these animals have been enduring.
Less than 100 Sumatran Rhinos are left in the wild, says The International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
"With the ongoing poaching crisis, escalating population decline and destruction of suitable habitat, extinction of the Sumatran rhino in the near future is becoming increasingly likely," said IUCN's Simon Stuart. "The Indonesian Government urgently needs to develop intensive protection zones with significantly enhanced security enforcement in all sites where Sumatran rhinos still occur."
Rhino deaths will pass births in a few years. Here's how to stop the poaching: https://t.co/972euz7qKc #worldrhinoday pic.twitter.com/VKEcOxAC8H
— Richard Branson (@richardbranson) September 22, 2015
Three out of the five rhino species are critically endangered on the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, according to the International Business Times. Critically endangered means they have a 50 percent chance of being extinct within three generations.
Celebrate World Rhino Day. If you are a social media user, plaster your pages with pictures of these incredible animals. If we all do our part, today and every day, maybe generations from now, our grandchildren's great-grandchildren will be able to enjoy these animals in their lifetime, not just read about them.
