Intl Rhino Foundation http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rss Intl Rhino Foundation RSS Feed. Intl Rhino Foundation http://www.rhinos-irf.org/tresources/en/images/icons/tendenci34x15.gif http://www.rhinos-irf.org Copyright 2008 Intl Rhino Foundation Tendenci Association Software by Schipul - The Web Marketing Company en-us noemail@rhinos-irf.org Sun, 11 May 2008 23:55:01 GMT Release http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?8 Washington: In one of the biggest conservation successes in India, two male adult Indian rhinos (Rhinoceros unicornis) were successfully translocated to Manas National Park on Saturday. This is the first time that the translocation of wild rhinos has been conducted in the state of Assam, where nearly all of India’s rhinos are found. The two rhinos were moved from Pobitora Wildlife Sanctuary, which has the highest density of rhinos in the world - more than 80 rhinos in less than 7 square miles of rhino habitat. For the next several years, the healthy rhino populations in Pobitora and Kaziranga National Park will supply individuals to start new populations in other protected areas in Assam under Indian Rhino Vision 2020. Translocations form the backbone of Indian Rhino Vision 2020 – a joint project of the Government of Assam, WWF-India, the International Rhino Foundation and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service – that aims to attain a population of 3000 wild rhinos spread across... http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?8 noemail@rhinos-irf.org Tue, 15 Apr 2008 20:00:00 GMT Release http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?7 NEWS International Rhino Foundation Offers Rhino Adoptions for Valentine’s Day Spread the love this Valentine’s Day by giving your sweetheart one of the rarest animals on earth! YULEE, FL – Flowers wilt, and that box of chocolates just could go straight to your hips! So the International Rhino Foundation is offering gift givers the opportunity to do something different for their nearest and dearest this Valentine’s Day – adopting a Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino. The Sumatran rhino, also called the hairy rhino because of its hairy body and tufted ears, is the most endangered of all rhinoceros species because of its rapid rate of decline. Because of poaching, numbers have decreased more than 50% over the last 15 years. Fewer than 275 Sumatran rhinos survive in very small and highly fragmented populations in Southeast Asia, making it one of the rarest large mammals in the world. The International Rhino Foundation helps to support the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, a... http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?7 noemail@rhinos-irf.org Sun, 03 Feb 2008 16:00:00 GMT Release http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?5 NEWS International Rhino Foundation launches a new and improved web site Visit the newly redesigned website for the IRF and your ultimate source for information on rhinos and rhino conservation. YULEE, FL – The International Rhino Foundation has a new website – one that you’ll want to visit again and again! Launching on Thursday, November 29, 2007 – visitors will find an updated look for their source of all things rhino on the net. Featuring video and photo galleries and a web 2.0 guide, site visitors will find a myriad of ways to stay connected to IRF’s rhino conservation efforts. The homepage features the newly redesigned IRF logo and new organization branding. One other feature of note is the scrolling rhino news articles module – giving readers the latest headlines on rhinos from around the world. Readers can learn everything they ever wanted to know about rhinos, including their status in the wild, and how IRF programs programs in Asia and Africa help the rhino... http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?5 noemail@rhinos-irf.org Fri, 30 Nov 2007 01:00:00 GMT Release http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?2 NEWS Buy Endangered Feces to Save an Endangered Species International Rhino Foundation auctions rhino dung for holidays to raise money for conservation efforts YULEE, FL – We swear we’re not making this up. For the first time in history you may find rhino poop under your Christmas tree. This year the International Rhino Foundation (IRF) is auctioning off endangered feces – poop from endangered rhino species. It’s all part of an effort to save one of Earth’s most recognizable, but most threatened wild animals. That’s right, actual rhino poop will be an auction item on the popular Web site eBay. The rhino poop auction will begin Thursday, November 29, 2007 and can be accessed by searching for rhino poop at www.eBay.com or by visiting www.endangeredfeces.org. Everyone knows about rhinos, but not everyone knows that they are disappearing from the Earth, says International Rhino Foundation Executive Director Dr. Susie Ellis. It might sound silly, but the money raised by... http://www.rhinos-irf.org/en/rel/?2 noemail@rhinos-irf.org Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:00:00 GMT