International Rhino Foundation
The International Rhino Foundation is dedicated fo the survival of the world’s rhino species through conservation and research.

Rhino RendezvousRhino Rendezvous

Bid now for your chance to rise and shine with the rhinos!

Looking for that perfect holiday gift for the family (or group of friends, or corporate team) that wants to help save rhinos?  How about a 4-day safari to see (and protect) some of the world’s most endangered species?  And, you don’t even need to dust off your passport!
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Sumatran Rhinos need your help!

SOS! IRF Needs Your Help to
Save Sumatran Rhinos!

IRF is working to save Sumatran rhinos from extinction, by protecting rhinos from poachers, preventing habitat encroachment and destruction, and developing a captive breeding program to help increase population numbers…and we need your help!
 


   

IRF Holiday Gift Ideas

Holiday Gift Ideas

This year, you can give the animal lover in your life a gift that will
help to save rhinos! Details....

 
 

IRF Request for Pre-proposals

2008 Request for
Research Pre-Proposals

The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is requesting pre-proposals for research that is directly applicable to management, propagation and conservation of rhinoceros species under intensive protection and management in the wild or maintained in captivity. Details...



Stay connected to IRFGet Connected!

One of the easiest ways to get involved with saving rhinos is to be more aware of their conservation status and the efforts to save them. Learn how you can stay connected with IRF now!


  


Projects in the Field
black rhino calf

Lowveld Zimbabwe -
Black rhinos that are managed within the IRF-supported Lowveld Rhino Project in Zimbabwe are still showing a net gain in numbers. The Lowveld population is now about 400, after an 8% growth rate over the past year, and there are also 140 white rhinos. However, poaching has been flaring up as the economic and political situation in Zimbabwe has deteriorated. Since 2000, the Lowveld project has undertaken 111 rhino translocations to remove rhinos from areas that are particularly prone to poaching.  More...
 
Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary
 
The International Rhino Foundation helped to establish and operate the first and most important of managed breeding center, the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Way Kambas National Park , Sumatra, Indonesia.The sanctuary is home to five rhinos – two males and three females -- that are part of an intensively managed research and breeding program aimed at increasing the Sumatran rhino population in the wild.  More...

Rhinos in the News

Rhino Rescued at Mabula Game Lodge

Mabula Game Lodge was the scene of a dramatic rhino rescue recently, where a mother rhino with a 16 month-old calf, got stuck in a sticky situation.

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Rhinos in Crisis