The Rhinoceros Is Being Poached To Extinction

A Real-Time Tragedy Of Human Greed, Organized Crime, and Slaughter

This is a Southern White Rhino with her calf in Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya. Protected at all times by armed guards, these rhinos are part of an active breeding program to recolonize other parts of Kenya with rhinos and beyond. Photo © Ronan Donovan.

It’s easy to look at a picture of a mutilated rhinoceros, to read the statistics of how quickly their population is being decimated by poaching, and instantly be overwhelmed with outrage and emotion.