Written by Elise Serfontein, February 2025In response to the 2025 escalation of poaching in the Kruger National Park, and the fact that poaching groups are poised to do a lot of damage in the rest of the country this year.This isn’t about rhinos. It’s about the people trying to save them.It won’t be a lengthy,...
Technology plays an increasingly important role for rhino reserves and is a powerful tool in the hands of capable and committed staff who take the initiative to lead the way in developing modern monitoring and security approaches.Black Rhino Wheels long-term commitment to rhino protection and conservation enables us to support projects we know and believe...
We've teamed up with Colbec K9 on a number of fronts as the work they do dovetails perfectly with what we as an organisation believe are important focus points for the future of rhino protection. Proactive initiative, new thinking and a shared value system are just some of the plus points that have brought us...
What a privilege to have spent World Rhino Day 2022 with funding partners Artic Driers International who’s monthly contributions from sales go a long way towards assisting the ranger communities that dedicate their time to protecting our beloved rhinos.The Artic Driers Team is committed to protecting our endangered rhinos from extinction and has made it...
An effective communications system forms the backbone of any reserve’s conservation and protection efforts. This even more so across a large landscape with challenging mountainous terrain. Rangers rely on connectivity – radio’s, cellphones etc, for their routine daily work, but even more so to run various technologies and critical anti-poaching operations.Fluke Corporation's generous donation to...
Written by Elise SerfonteinAnyone following this crisis will know that corruption at all levels is killing rhinos and has been for years now. Systematic and specifically targeted infiltration to criminalize useful individuals to achieve criminal objectives. Calls for integrity management in state run reserves has been ping-ponged across the boardroom table for years now, as...
The dangers they face.Armed poachers, dangerous animals, life threatening situations.In the line of duty, protecting parks potentially comes at mortal cost, especially for rangers involved in anti-poaching.Has that ever, truly sunk in though?Its not until you watch a friend grab his rifle and backpack and run out the door as the radio reports shots fired,...
The Government of South Africa announced recently that 451 rhinos were killed by poachers in 2021. South Africa has lost more than 9,000 rhinos to poaching since the start of this crisis in 2007. Elise Serfontein, the International Rhino Foundation’s South Africa advisor and the Founding Director of StopRhinoPoaching.com, recently sat down to collect her...
Kruger National Park, home to the largest herd of wild rhinos left in the world. South Africa’s flagship reserve and, to many, the place where the fight against rhino poaching will either be won or lost. It’s the rhino’s last frontier - 3 549 white and 268 black rhinos left. In actual fact, less. Rhinos are back in the...