Read our annual updates to learn how your support protects rhinos on the ground.
2025
The Urgent Fight for Rhino’s Future
Today, the rhino horn trade is the single greatest threat to their survival as this lucrative illegal trade drives rhinos in Africa and Asia toward extinction. One of the most effective short-term measures is conceptually simple: remove the very prize poachers seek. Strategic dehorning—a safe, painless procedure—has become a vital tool in rhino conservation.
2024
Communities and Livelihoods
Local communities across Africa are vital to rhino conservation. In some regions where rhinos once faced the threat of extinction, reformed poachers are earning new livelihoods as rangers, using their knowledge to protect species they once hunted. Learn more in our latest report.
2023
Bringing Life Back to Majete
Among our planet’s most iconic wildlife, rhinos stand apart thanks to their distinctive horns, armor-like hides, and immense size. These gigantic herbivores first appeared after the dinosaurs vanished and long before the existence of humans. And while today’s rhinos still carry this proud and historic pedigree, their prevalence has dramatically dwindled over relatively little time. Learn more about our efforts to recover rhinos in Majete National Park.
2022
Removing the Target On Mozambique’s Rhinos
Safely and painlessly removing a rhino’s horn is an innovative strategy that is helping to thwart poachers and return rhinos to Mozambique. We are highlighting an incredible program from the Mozambique Wildlife Alliance (MWA), an RRF grantee who has partnered with the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) to launch an innovative and highly effective program for white rhinos wandering across the South Africa border into Mozambique.
2021
A Homecoming for Gonarezhou’s Black Rhinos
Discover what it’s like protecting rhinos on the ground with this visual story highlighting the reintroduction of black rhinos to Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, a landmark project supported by the RRF.