SOS! IRF Needs Your Help To Save Sumatran Rhinos!
Sumatran rhinos are one of the most critically endangered species in the world. It is likely that less than 225 Sumatran rhinos remain - the population has declined by more than 50% over the past decade. Intense poaching pressure and habitat encroachment throughout the rhinos’ range in Indonesia and Malaysia has led to the very real possibility that Sumatran rhinos could become extinct within our lifetimes.
IRF is working to save Sumatran rhinos from extinction, by protecting rhinos from poachers, preventing habitat encroachment and destruction, and developing a captive breeding program to help increase population numbers…and we need your help!
We need to raise an additional $150,000 to keep our
Sumatran rhino conservation programs running in 2009.
The Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia, needs $105,000 to cover the costs of food and veterinary care for Andalas, Bina, Ratu, Rosa and Torgamba, the five rhinos that make up the sanctuary’s captive breeding program.
Our Rhino Protection Units in Bukit Barisan Selatan and Way Kambas National Parks (home to the second and third largest populations of Sumatran rhinos in the world) need $45,000 to cover the costs of anti-poaching patrols. Our brave and dedicated staff spend at least 15 days per month patrolling dense jungle, tracking and monitoring rhinos, removing snares that would harm or kill them, and apprehending poachers.
