Baby Black Rhino Endangered!!!!!

 

These animals needs our help they too cute to die.

                       

Save The Rhinos

They need our help to save them 

In any second the rhinos could be extinct, if you are kind enough please help us help them live longer.

 

 

 

Baby rhinos are too cute and too young to die, help us let them live longer so they can grow older and they could explore/experience life.

  

THE END! :'(

wow omg

wow look at those rhinos suffering i hope you care about the rhinos

Black rhino

a black rhino arrives from a wildlife conservation center in kenya.

 

My Song That I Made Up Now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why did you have to why did you have to kill the rhinos look at there faces look at their faces there to sad because the poachers they're  killing them for their horns why did you have to kill those rhinos please who care about them can you save them like me and my class. I just see their faces, I just wish I could communicate with them cause, I post videos, I post comments for the rhinos, for the rhinos so please save the rhinos. I know you care about them but not the poachers and even the wildlife cares about them, I don't know why the poachers are killing the rhinos those rhinos yeah yeah this is our chance to save the rhinos from dying I know you care about them like you care about you you you you you you you you you so stop killing these rhinos just help me and my class and Mr.R save these rhinos save these rhinos save these rhinos.

Karen Vasquez' song for the Black Rhino

What did I learn?

Rather learn then just sit there playing violence games it is time to learn about what is happening in Kenya.Hope you like this 52 minute video.Thank you Rhino Savers.3>

Hey Hey Hey i just wanted to say Rhinos are not suppose to be treated like this there suppose to be treated with respect like we get treated with respect so people it our time stand up and lets save the rhinos 

Awful News From Park Next Door to City of Nairobi - 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-23683420

Any word or update Nairobi - Bungoma on this?

Your song is now needed more than ever!!  Let's make them all a hit series!!

Keep us posted on your recordings and send along your great tunes and videos!!

IMPORTANT ARTICLE ALERT FOR OUR FOUNDER RESEARCH GROUPS IN KENYA...AND NYC KIDS TOO - c/o Mr. Ronelus

 - This is a good one and speaks some to our work.  Well let's say, despite setbacks mentioned in the following article, I think our group can still make a nice contribution to the cause, even as the battle for the African rhino and elephant is intensifying to red alert levels.

Very informative article, which I now post.  This should be especially helpful for the supply and demand country Founder group partners' draft reports (Nairobi and Bungoma students).

This will help your students incorporate the many great things that are already being done in Kenya and other African wildlife countries coordinating and getting the support of allies from 3rd party countries and International Wildlife orgs like WWF.   But there are signs that the good guys/gals initiatives,.. as smart, honorable and brave as they are, are losing this wasteful international fight.

Ms. Menya mentioned that the Kenya Wildlife Officials are still very interested in our program and work outcomes - papers, songs, videos, and rhino game revised!!  

So let's get more motivated than ever to give them something that can help them in their great mission and also promote our education effort --  uniting kids worldwide on the ground in Africa and Asia, and beyond to come together to educate our leaders, and they in turn educate their own people...... and end the senseless, needless, dang stupid and messed up killing of helpless wildlife!

Thanks again everyone for letting me vent again (haha),

George

http://e360.yale.edu/content/print.msp?id=2679

PS - please let me know that the link works OK.

Black rhinos facts :)

The black rhino is massive animal that weighs between 750 and 3,000 pounds and stands between four and half to six feet tall. It is usually consider to have a prehistoric appearance. The female rhinos are slightly smaller than the males. The black rhino has two distinguishing features, a prehensile lip and two facial horns. They may appear a different color than their natural dark gray after wallowing in the mud and waterholes. The black rhino can be found in Africa and Asia. Although they are normally found in savannas, and they can be found in dense forest or tropical and subtropical. As herbivores,the black rhino has a diet that consists of grass,foliage,shoots,buds,brushes or tree. The rhinos prehensile lip makes picking food easier. Despite being solitary creatures, the black rhino does share a symbiotic relationship with another species. Oxpeckers, or tick birds, sit on the rhinos and eat ticks, blood sores and even warn the rhinos of danger.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                       

look at this video about black rhinos!

LET'S HELP THE BLACK RHINOS                           

Black Rhinos Left In The WORLD

Black Rhinos are slowly recovering from a 96% decline in population, and are now up to about 4,860 surviving today, thanks to conservation efforts. It is shocking to consider that as recently as 1970, there were approximately 65,000 Black Rhinos in Africa. Due to poaching, those numbers decreased sharply to 2,300 remaining in the wild.At the beginning of the 20th century there were 500,000 rhinos across Africa and Asia. This fell to 70,000 by 1970 and further to just 29,000 in the wild today. Despite this bleak picture, and the continuing threat of poaching for their valuable horns, global rhino population figures have been increasing in recent years.

black rhino fact

Weighs up to 1,5 tonnes and stands about 140 - 160cm high at the shoulder.Weighs up to 1,5 tonnes and stands about 140 - 160cm high at the shoulder.

The population of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) is steadily declining. From a total number of at least 100 000 in 1960, spread across most of Africa south of the Sahara Desert, there are today fewer than 3 500 black rhino left. Most of these survive in southern African countries where there are good protection measures e.g. South Africa, Namibia and Zimbabwe. However poachers are managing to kill rhino in all three of these countries, despite protection. Numbers in South Africa have increased from about 100 to almost 700 since 1930.Three of these rhino species are found in Asia: the Indian or one-horned rhino (population about 1 500), the Sumatran (population about 200) and the Javan (population about 50). The three Asian rhino species are well protected and their numbers have remained steady. The other two rhino are found here in A

africa: the white rhino (numbering about 4 500 - 5 000) and the black rhino (population about 3 000).

• Rhino are being moved (translocated) away from unsafe areas where poachers are operating, to safe sanctuaries, and protection is being increased for rhino in existing conservation areas.

• Efforts are being made to stop the illegal international trade in rhino horn, and harsher penalties for people caught poaching and dealing in the rhino horn are being introduced.

• People are being persuaded to stop using rhino horn for medicines and cultural purposes

My message to the children of the world!!

Ever thought " Why are these people killing the black rhinos and other animals in Africa??" Well I know I have and hearing about this is very unfortunate and it is very saddening when you hear the stories. But I am not the only one that thinks that this is sad there are kids in Africa who are experiencing these devastations.
 Also there are these people called ecotorists who want to see amimals like the black rhinos and if these people who are killing the rhinos called poachers keep killing the rhinos then that is one opportunity lost for that ecotrist.
And think about this..... do you know how much a rhino means to someone?
STOP KILLING THE BLACK RHINO!!!!

OUR MESSAGE TO KIDS ALL OVER THE WORLD

By Ikrami Ouro

I will say stop the poachers! These animals are almost going extinct. The more you kill the more the numbers decrease. Save the black rhino because the numbers are decreasing.

Kids it is our duty to save nature. Nature is where we come from. We have a spirit from nature. Nature is where the black rhino came from.

By Joshua Garcia

Children all around the world, I am here to tell you about what's happening to tall the black rhinos in Africa. Poachers from Africa are killing the rhinos for their horns because the horns have great value. The people who buy the horns believe it can save them from illnesses. If we kill just one, it's like killing the whole entire population of black rhinos. We already know that the rhino horn don't help cure cancer or any other illness. 

Hi Everyone,

Thank you all again for that incredible work and brilliant output by the kids and classes in Kenya and NYC Bronx summer science programs.  Very much looking forward to the videos and the recorded greatest "Save the Rhino hits" from The Founder Group's classrooms!

We will be issuing you all the new first episode of the Saving the Black Rhino OPEN education game - the Habitat Simulator mission within the week.  We want you to be the first to get it and give us your feedback on how it works and how we can improve.

Definitely continue on your 3 research areas for the initial draft report/position paper for our leaders and wildlife officials, as you and your students can.  Write me on email or this blog if you need anything from me or the OPEN team.

Our Founder Group is the start of a worldwide movement by kids of our shrinking planet to stop the rhino killings for good.  The madness has to stop.  Elephants and other precious wildlife right behind!

Kids together joining across borders telling their governments and wildlife officials how to get it done is the answer!  And singing about it and having those songs be heard worldwide can be the best messaging.  We are the next wave in conservation movements --- Cross-border education programs and educational gaming empowering kids and helping get our world into tip top shape while we're at it.

Like we do and as you already know - it's really all about education in the supply countries but especially in the demand countries, and giving people other attractive job options - maybe amnesty for former poachers to quit their practice.   Not easy at all, but it can be done.

Surely we have a duty to try.  At least the kids of today and even us adults can look back on this and say that the kids with the great conservation support organizations out there gave it their best shot.

So we join with the big guys and gals already at it.  Kids worldwide have been the missing component in my humble opinion.

So let's join and get to the front lines of the movement - with our research reports/position papers and educational games and programs!

OK enough preaching for today...

I wanted to lay down some ideas for Phase 2 upcoming and get your feedback -

For our Phase II sessions, we hope to have later in 2013, we will recruit a few schools in South Africa where most of the rhinos are located and in turn the greatest numbers being killed.  Schools near Kruger National Park where the rhinos mostly live, or maybe schools Cape Town or Johannesburg, South Africa.  I have friends from there I will reach out to do beginning work for this next series of international classrooms for Save the Rhino studies and kid conservation activism.

Also, we have to begin recruiting schools from the demand countries - especially Vietnam and China.  I have some thoughts on that and so from here.....

And then of course there is the issue of funding to make this flame spewing dragon fly.

Let's have the Founder Group teachers and Sandra link up next week by Skype to discuss Phase II further and this initial draft report, and more!!

Thank you.

Geo

I'm really liking - "Buy Rhino T-Shirts, not Rhino Horn" - slogan - Johnny you cook that up?!

Hey guys

I am so happy to be here.

stop killing the rhinos

I just wanna see you stop killing those rhinos and i just wanna OH killing those rhinos kkilling those RHINOS!!!!!

HI RHINO SAVERS

Hi I'm new to the blog. My name is Jennifer G. I'm 10 years old I'm in the 4th grade at P.S 33, I live in the Bronx, New York the Big Apple. I am trying to save the Black Rhinos too!! :)

Hi my name is chelsea.

I am happy to be in this black rhino project.

my groups song

we better run run run to east to west searching the rhinos from right to left so were running to save the Rhinos alright we got 2 killers and we better stop them if they don't we'll call the cops so stop killing the Rhinos there to week to be killed because they don't have a chance to run away from the poachers from the poachers

Hi My Name is Karen

Hi my name is Karen i am now on the rhino blog nice to meet you all guys hope you post a lot of things

first day on the blog

Already having fun on the blog

Save These Rhino

Rhinos are going to die if we dont save them to live.Some get shot without having a baby.It is sad when you  hear that a rhino died. the numbers are decreasing.Let's speak up and save the rhino! Have a good Fortune!

HI EVERYONE

im glad i have a blog to save the black rhinos

Hi Team Rhino - Founder Group -

Here is a most excellent work by the students from Bungoma.   From their earlier artistic submissions, depicting scenes of poachers and security guards, I asked them to please put a picture book story about the situation and our work now and as it unfolds ahead.  They have taken up the task and here is their first chapter in the picture book.  It it is a most imaginative and powerful narrative, told from the perspective of the animal kingdom.   I want to put our music from our program in and around this work to complement it and to further project our program to the world out there.  Thank you students of Bungoma, Mr. Masika and all the great tech team that worked so hard in the past several weeks of our Phase I pilot!   Enjoy...

BLACK RHINO PICTURE BOOK

Chapter 1

                     

                     

From the Kids of Bungoma, Kenya

CRY:

“WHY TARGET ME?”

Jungle TV Announcement:

“Today is the day we should look for the best solution to defend our fellow Rhinoceros family.  We have heard several illicit slaughter of our beloved brothers and sisters of the jungle destiny.” said by the president of the jungle Mr. Lion and his first lady Mrs. Lioness. Thus began the start of a movement that could improve the chance for saving the black Rhino.

After the news coming up for a better idea to save the black rhino, it crossed the life of different wildlife species. Why? Poachers knew that the cry of animals was against their will of becoming rich. Most of them equipped themselves with dangerous firearms, as if they are going for a war to fight rebels within the jungle. But—but—ahhhh! They were after a polite and foreigner attractor for Mr. Rhinoceros, “Shame to you poachers. Do you think what you’re doing is good? Your days are numbered!”

Look at the poacher with a gun targeting to kill a black rhino. 

Children of the world - Is it fair to kill the black rhino?

Thank you security department for caring for the rhino, please, keep it up and save the rhinoceros species in any game reserve worldwide.

Thank you for being vigilant, we believe later on you will scare poachers from killing innocent black rhinos for the sake of its precious horn.

See how wildlife family is scared with poachers’ firearms. Children of the world, you know what they need? Ooh! Nothing but a peaceful environment to stay and enjoy Jungle freedom.

As the life the Rhino was still not protected. The jungle president Mr. Lion called Jungle stakeholders meeting where he was to chair. The agenda of the meeting was to form a jungle security task force. The meeting attracted several wildlife species, though the Rhino was much worried and was much unsettled.

In the meeting, Mr. President Lion called upon jungle members present to do free and fair security task force elections to get those who will remain alert all the time and inform others without bias. Funny enough, as the meeting was on, Mr. Bat set up an alarm that there was a poacher coming to kill them.

An alarm divided the minds of animals that forgot that they were having a security meeting, but they heard a sound of legs moving fast, and a voice saying, “Why can’t you save me?” The jungle president warned his bodyguards, Mr. Hare and Hyena, to run at their best so that they can not be found by a bullet from a silencer.

Wildlife family in a security meeting to elect security task force while other animal family standing at a distance worried of being attacked by the poachers.  

 After an alarm by wildlife jungle security guard, Mr. Bat, whose nature is not known, you can’t tell if he is an animal or a bird, every animal ran as fast as it could to save its life.

Children of the world - Do you know that life is important on the planet? See how the wildlife is struggling for their life against the poachers.

As far as the animals were running to save their life, they could not compete with bullet and arrows that ran faster than they can do. Instead they heard downfalls of innocent animals, but most of the bullets were directed to the Black Rhino. Ooh Malice poachers, are you doing the right thing to this innocent Rhino? What are your suggestions to children of the world?

See how animals are being killed

After this incident with the poachers, the jungle president asked for human intervention to save the Black Rhino. He turned to kids first saying; “You have demonstrated your love of animals through your animal dolls. Remember, a young kid who sees an animal toy will cry to carry the doll.  Even if that doll is of a lion or any other fierce or scary animal, the child will love it.  Children of the world, will you share the love of your animal dolls with our beloved wildlife brothers and sisters?  And parents, will you extend the love for your children to our animal kingdom, to help save us from the poachers?!”

How can we begin to understand? – Learn from Mkomazi.

                                              Thank you so much, from the kids from Bungoma, Kenya.

    

   

                                   

Hi Everyone,

Thank you again for an incredible effort and output for Phase I of our - Kids Worldwide Unite: Save the Rhino program series

Here are the lyrics of the beautiful songs our classes wrote & sang during this two and a half week summer education program

Looking forward to receiving the videos from your sites of their renditions they all sang on our last Phase I Skype session:

LYRICS FROM THE SONGS OF

OUR FOUNDER GROUP

KIDS WORLDWIDE UNITE TO SAVE THE RHINO

INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION PROGRAM – End of Phase 1

WRITTEN BY STUDENTS

FROM NAIROBI & BUNGOMA KENYA, AND NYC, USA  

AUGUST 2, 2013

Nairobi, Kenya – Lyrics of their Saving the Black Rhino Song:

On the day God created the animals and when all was done-it was beautiful, it was lovely...

I am a Rhino, black or white, I am a Rhino, cousins to the elephants, and all the other wild animals, and we are part of that beauty, without us the world is incomplete...

Save me X9 from the depths of the forest of Africa; from Kenya to Namibia, to South Africa X2 Save me for me and for you... (chorus)

Trash the crap, know the truth; neither my horns or meat can make any medicine; I am no magic wand either. That is true for me and for my cousins the elephant....

What is my worth, you dare to ask; I live in the wild, yet I am like glue connecting human hearts; people from distance a far meet and connect because of me; hospitals and schools are built because of me; lives and destinies are saved because of me and my wild brothers...the earth remains BEAUTIFUL because of me and my brothers

back to chorus...hum along...

New York City – Bronx USA - Lyrics of their Saving the Black Rhino Songs:

Song #1

We better go go go to east to west, searching the rhinos from right to left, so were running to save the rhinos alright we got 2 killers and they better stop if they don't we'll call the cops so stop killing the rhinos they are too weak to be killed because they don't have a chance to run away from the poachers from the poachers ........ from the poachers. 

Song #2

I just wanna see you stop killing those rhinos; i just wanna see you stop oh! Killing those rhinos killing, those rhinos..... Killing those rhinos.

Bungoma, Kenya – Lyrics of their Saving the Black Rhino Song:

Bungoma save the rhino song.

(Jungle boys*2 save the rhinos)*2 is a chorus for the song.
stanza 1
we need to save the rhinos ooh! ooh! ooh! jungle boys *2
stanza 2
As the Jungle we must save the black rhino*2
stanza 3
Vietnamese and south Africans let us unite and save the rhino*2

Look at how many rhino horns they cut off do u know how hurt I was when I saw this I wanted to cry  and I mean that from the bottom of my heart!!!!!!!

ONE PLANET EDUCATION NETWORK (OPEN)

WHY WE DO THIS,

 VALUE OF PROGRAMS LIKE THIS,

THE CALL TO ACTION FOR LIKE-MINDED STUDENTS OF THE WORLD

WITH THIS PROGRAM WE ARE ALL WRESTLING WITH A PLANETARY WIDE DILEMMA

AN ETHICAL AS WELL AS A LEGAL, ECONOMIC, POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DILEMMA

HUMANS VS. ANIMALS VS. FORESTS VS. FREE NATURAL LANDS AND OCEANS – FULL OF THE DIVERSITY OF LIFE THAT SUSTAINS THE FOOD WEB, WHICH IN TURN PROVIDES FOR US….

ALL THE THINGS THAT SUPPORT OUR WAY OF LIFE AND FUTURE LIFE

SUSTAINABILITY – TOP TO BOTTOM – NOT STOPPING PROGRESS,... BUT BEING SMARTER ABOUT THE WAYS WE OPERATE AND DEVELOP THE 21^ST CENTURY HUMAN MACHINERY

AS YOU KNOW, THE RHINO CRISIS, IT’S ALSO A WAR BETWEEN –

KNOWLEDGE VS. IGNORANCE

HUMANS TAKING ADVANTAGE OF UNKNOWING HUMANS FOR THEIR OWN SHORT-TERM PERSONAL PROFIT, WITH NOT A CARE FOR OTHER LIFE

WE KNOW DAY-TO-DAY LIFE IS ENOUGH OF A CHALLENGE SOMETIMES, NOT EASY IN NAIROBI, IN BUNGOMA, OR IN THE BRONX NEW YORK CITY

NOT TELLING YOU ALL SOMETHING YOU DON’T ALREADY KNOW…

BUT SOMETIMES WE HAVE TO STEP BACK AND TAKE THE WIDE ANGLE – LONGER RANGE VIEW, 

AND YOU ARE DOING JUST THAT....

AND WE DO STUFF LIKE THIS, PROGRAMS LIKE THIS, BECAUSE WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY, THE INTELLIGENCE, THE COMMITMENT, THE CREATIVITY AND WIT…..

TO LIFT ONE ANOTHER UP, TO LEARN LIKE CRAZY WHILE WE DO SO, IN A FUN WAY ABOUT THE WORLD AND ITS FUTURE, OUR EXISTENCE AND THE EXISTENCE OF FUTURE GENERATIONS

THE CHALLENGE LIKE THE RHINO IS JUST ONE EXAMPLE ONE SMALL, BUT STILL DIFFICULT PART

BUT TODAY THIS WORLD IS HIGHLY CONNECTED, AND WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT WHAT IS GOING ON IN DISTANT CORNERS ALMOST INSTANTLY,

AND SO NOW WE HAVE THE MEANS.

AND SO WE HAVE NO EXCUSE FOR NOT TRYING LIKE MAD TO SPREAD THE GOOD WORD

TO TELL IT LIKE IT IS – TO TELL OURSELVES AND OTHERS --  WHAT’S REAL AND WHAT’S NOT –

AND RHINO HORN AS MEDICINCE IS NOT… IT’S NOT REAL AND THE KILLING OFF OF THIS LONG-LIVED SPECIES... FOR WHAT THEY ARE DYING FOR.. IS PATENTLY INSANE

WHILE ONE CHALLENGE  –  THIS RHINO AND ELEPHANT AND TIGER AND LION AND ENDANGERED SPECIES PROBLEM,.... THIS STILL IS A HUGE CHALLENGE FOR US TO TAKE ON.

BUT IF WE FACE THESE CHALLENGES TOGETHER, AS A UNIFIED INTERNATIONAL GROUP OF KIDS WHO CARE, KIDS WHO DO…

WE CAN CHANGE THE WORLD FOR EVERYONE’S BETTERMENT – THE ANIMALS AND OURSELVES

AND AS THIS SHORT PHASE I PROGRAM, BEGUN WITH OUR SMALL FOUNDER GROUP HAS CLEARLY SHOWN…. (ME AT LEAST),…..

WE CAN DO THIS!! 

WITH THESE NEW SOCIAL MEDIA TOOLS AND OUR FULL COMMITMENT TO STICK WITH IT IT’S NO LONGER A PIPE DREAM…

SO CARRY ON WITH THIS – WITH OUR WITHOUT OPEN – AND MAKE US ALL PROUD

THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR INCREDIBLE WORK EFFORT OVER THESE SHORT WEEKS…

LOOKING FORWARD TO CONTINUING TO SHAKE THE TREE WITH YOU!!!

GEORGE NEWMAN

ONE PLANET EDUCATION NETWORK (OPEN)

AUGUST 2, 2013

WELCOME EVERYONE TO THE LAST DAY'S SESSION - END OF PHASE I OF OUR INTERNATIONAL DISTANCE LEARNING PROGRAM

KIDS WORLDWIDE UNITE - SAVE THE RHINO -

EDUCATION PUT INTO GLOBAL ACTION

HERE BELOW IS THE FIRST DRAFT REPORT - FINDINGS FROM OUR GREAT BUNGOMA KENYA TEAM - ON DEMAND FOR RHINO HORN

BUT THIS REPORT ALSO OFFERS HELPFUL IDEAS ON HOW WE CAN ACT TO HALT OR AT LEAST TRY TO MITIGATE THIS GLOBAL ILLEGAL TRADE SYSTEM

EXCELLENT IDEAS THAT WILL INFORM OUR OTHER TEAM OF STUDENTS - OUR FOUNDING GROUP - IN NYC BRONX, NAIROBI AND BUNGOMA KENYA.

BUT THIS IS NOT THE END AS WE HAVE DISCUSSED BUT A BEGINNING....THIS PROGRAM WILL CARRY FORWARD HOPEFULLY WITH SOME OUTSIDE SUPPORT TO EXPAND OUR PROGRAM TO INCLUDE YOUNG STUDENT GROUPS IN -

SOUTH AFRICA (WHERE THE MOST RHINOS EXIST AND WHERE THERE IS A HUGE INCREASE IN THE KILLINGS)
TANZANIA

AND THE DEMAND AND MAIN INTERMEDIARY COUNTRIES:
VIETNAM
YEMEN
CHINA
THAILAND
KOREA
SINGAPORE
INDIA

AND POSSIBLY OTHERS

SO HERE FOR YOUR REVIEW AND CONTEMPLATION IS THE A+ REPORT FROM BUNGOMA (WITH MINOR EDITS BY OPEN FOR EXPEDIENCY IN POSTING FOR THIS BLOG)

THANK YOU ALL


                                                BUNGOMA, KENYA TEAM

OPEN RHINO EDUCATION GAME SERIES & PROGRAMS

BUNGOMA FIRST DRAFT REPORT – END OF PHASE I

KIDS WORLDWIDE UNITE – SAVE THE RHINO

MAIN DEMAND COUNTRIES FOR RHINO HORNS

Vietnam is the major recipient of rhino horn from South Africa. Other countries are; Yemen, Thailand, China, Malaysia and South Korea and India among others.

INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENTS ALREADY IN PLACE

Around 177 government and agencies have been trying to halt the trade of rhino horn in an international agreement known as CITES- (Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species) of wild and flora and fauna.

TRADE NETWORK

As a blatant example – those horns sold in Vietnam pass through, retail outlets, such as traditional medicine stores.  It is also fairly easy to locate rhino horn for sale online in Vietnam.

END USERS

Vietnam- they believe that rhino horn is a cure for cancer as per traditional myth.  Other supposed remedies from rhino horn – used as a cure for headaches, joint pain, rheumatism and more.

Eastern country of Yemen- since rhino horn are distinctive, beautiful and translucent when curved had led to human appetite whose luster increases with age is used for the handles of curved daggers called ‘Jambiya’ which are presented to Yemen boys at age of 12 yrs as a sign of manhood and devotion to the Muslim religion and used as personal defense.

There is another belief, and there may be some truth behind it, that rhino horn has an ability to detect poisons, which is linked to the composition of the horn.

WHY?

Rhino horns are composed largely of the protein keratin, also the chief component in hair, finger nails and animal hooves. Other users believe that rhino horn cures variety of ailments and in China they use it to lower fever in rats.

MIDDLE MEN AND THEIR MARK UP ON PRICE

In South Africa where the black rhino had been brought to the edge of extinction because of high demand in Vietnam where they network very well, they use Quasi–legal ways.  Rhino horn finds its way to the Vietnamese market via trophy hunts in the above named country of Africa.

In general in Africa big businessmen on minimal level/ average they are behind the black market of endangered black rhino horn.

PRICE MARK UP DRIVING THE DEMAND

Vietnam market, ‘freshly cut rhino horn commands a retail price of USD $25,000 - 40,000 per kg. This price motivates poachers to advance their poaching mechanism and create more networks in different countries with endangered black rhino.

POLITICIAN WHO BENEFIT

If in most of African countries and even outside Africa, most of lawmakers are politicians, therefore, they should be answerable to the rhinoceros species killings and black market for black rhino products horn at most.

HOW RAMPART IS BRIBERY

Not very known, but through observations most of the countries have wildlife security services, how to poachers enter game reserves? Do they stay in game reserves? Do security agencies do patrol? Do they have signals for security purposes? Therefore, if this is well done how comes killings of the endangered black rhino continues? 

Ok blame finger should pinpoint security agency bosses.  But we also acknowledge that there are severe resource issues at this time to cover the huge areas.

LAWS AND ENFORCEMENT I EACH COUNTRY

Every country globally should come up with laws that will govern all wildlife species to fully inspect transportation system, to stop illegal hunting of wildlife, to create a United Nation’s body to guard the endangered black rhino.

Not only should they create laws but they should advocate for the by-laws and educate the entire society so that they can observe the law.

RECOMMENDATIONS FOR MITIGATION:

Education for End users

Capacity building should be facilitated and mobilization of other resources apart from Rhino horns and advocacy against myths and traditional beliefs.

How realistically?

By mobilizing the appropriate resources to the end user countries, what do they have? How can it generate income? Be informed on the importance of the available resources.

How long will it take?

Not many years, but it will depend on approach and implementation of what is said by rule of law and enforcement against wildlife abuse.

Strict punishment for middlemen and top dogs

The affected countries to enforce law that will punish or sentence middlemen when found co-ordinating illegal black market for Rhino horns. And top security officers to be interviewed when any cases of rhino slaughter is reported.

Countries to enforce that immediately in order to reduce black rhino slaughter. Why should we wait and the life of black rhino is endangered.

How enforceable?

Affected countries to make sure that every person locally understands the rule of law protecting the rhinoceros species extinct

Re - education of poachers

On BCC (behavior change and communication) by targeting poachers’ teams and giving them an alternatives for income generating activity

Alternate equal paying job offer, enticements

How?

It will be great if poachers will be given other opportunities to earn income.

If import of goods will to be tax free in relation with alternative bread winner

How realistic?                                                         

Poachers to implement what they are taught as other alternative of income generating activity instead of poaching                                     

Amnesty

When information is well delivered and poachers change their attitudes, and realize alternate means, much safer means of income generation are available to them, then life of black rhino will be in safe hands of the law of the jungle

How?

Creating links with other business partners and businesses that are legally accepted for the poaching community

How could laws in both demand and supply countries and middle passage countries be strengthened?

1. Legalize trade –not optimal in South Africa recommendations 

Not real since it will promote the killings

2. Likely outcome? Will it come to this in the end?

Of-course if the law will be enforced by all parties affected

Predictions for the future given their research

Lawmakers to pass bills that will be laws

Inspection- deployment inspection officers in transportation systems 

Final Skype Session

I feel so happy that News12 is going to come over.This is our last Skype Session but everyone is still on the blog posting things on the rhino.I am not going to be there  because I will not go on the trip.So if you go to the rhino section at the Bronx Zoo you will see facts on rhino.Have fun.Don't be afraid because we are the only ones doing this so feel grateful of yourself that you have a oppurtunity to be on the blog.