The International Rhino Foundation
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The International Rhino Foundation is dedicated to the survival of the world’s rhino species through
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Notes from the FieldRead stories from trackers, monitors, patrol units, vets, keepers, and other brave staff and volunteers working to protect rhinos around the world. Visit the IRF Blog. Support IRF's WorkRhinos desperately need your help! Contribute today and become a partner in IRF’s efforts to protect endangered rhinos in the wild.
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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...
Microchips to the Rhinos' Rescue
All rhinoceros horns in South Africa are to be microchipped in an attempt to curb the "dramatic" increase in the poaching and illegal trade of rhino horns in the country.
