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Why do we have World Animal Days anyway?

Aug 18, 2020 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Elephants, Lions, Rhino Tagged: Marnus Roodbol, Moses Arineitwe, Peter Milton, World Elephant Day, World Lion Day, World Pangolin Day, world rhino day

From World Elephant Day to World Mosquito Day! You name the animal and it probably is one of the World Animal Days. Nope, not kidding! From the King of Beasts to the extinct Dinosaur and the highly endangered iconic Rhino to the common Frog…. A day is set aside on the calendar to celebrate and raise awareness for the species. Most World Animal Days appear to have sprung up in the last couple of decades. However, the first “World Animal Day” took place on March 24, 1925 in Germany. More than 5,000 people attended the event! It originated with Heinrich…

RHINO FRIDAY – Walking for Rhino in Zimbabwe

Aug 29, 2014 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Rhino Tagged: Ayesha Cantor, Guide, rhino, Rhino Friday, Samuel Nkomo, world rhino day, Zimbabwe

World Rhino Day on September 22 is fast approaching as we highlight people doing good for rhino with Ayesha Cantor. As always we thank Ayesha for her informative Rhino Friday series. To help celebrate World Rhino Day 2014 Ayesha will be highlighting those she finds doing good for rhino during the month of September. Please contact her regarding your ‘Save the Rhino’ project. Rhino Friday – Walking for Rhino in Zimbabwe Compliments of Ayesha Cantor who is solely responsible for this content. There are so many people doing remarkable things in an effort to ‘save rhino’. Granted, there are also…

Wildlife Crime: Some Serious Players Getting in the Game

Sep 20, 2013 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants, Rhino Tagged: Hillary Clinton, Prince William, volunteers, Wendy Sotos, wildlife trafficking, world rhino day

Prince William and Former U.S. Secretary Clinton step up their support to end wildlife trafficking and stop the poaching of rhino and elephants in Africa. In celebration of World Rhino Day 2013 NIKELA Volunteer, Wendy Sotos writes… “Everyone contributes to the continued demand for illegal animal goods,” former U.S. Secretary of State Hilary Clinton said. “Wildlife might be targeted and killed across Asia and Africa, but their furs, tusks, bones, and horns are sold all over the world. Smuggled goods from poached animals find their way to Europe, Australia, China, and the United States. “I regret to say the United States…

Why I love Africa, Wildlife and Especially the Rhino

Oct 8, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: Animal Poaching, Elephants Tagged: Andrew Cairncross, Leopard, Love wildlife, poaching, rhino, Wild Dogs, wildlife lover, world rhino day, World Rhino Month

Shooting endangered and threatened African wildlife, rhino, leopard, Wild Dog, with his camera is Andrew Cairncross’ passion. As with most wonderful folks we meet, Andrew connected with Nikela online over a year ago when he first provided an amazing rhino image for use on an ebook cover (RHINO HORN by Chris Mercer). Most recently Andrew contributed several images to our World Rhino Month campaign which were used in multiple ways to spread awareness of the Black Rhino and White Rhino’s plight in South Africa. We invited Andrew to share his story, he graciously did. [More images below] Andrew’s story Living in…

World Rhino Day 2012 Backlash!

Sep 29, 2012 · by Wildlife Margrit · In: All Posts, Animal Poaching, Rhino, rhino poaching, wildlife conservation Tagged: Anti Poaching Intelligence Group, HAWKS, illegal trade, INTERPOL, organized crime, poaching, rhino, wildlife traffickiing, world rhino day, World Rhino Month

It’s almost as if the poachers, that includes all involved along the wildlife trafficking and illegal trade routes, are snubbing those protecting the rhino! “Two dead rhino have been found in northern KwaZulu-Natal…” “Four rhinos were killed for their horns… in the Eastern Cape…” “Nine rhino carcasses have been found in northern KwaZulu-Natal…” At least 15 rhino killed in a matter of four days since World Rhino Day. It’s as if organized crime is laughing in our faces with a mocking, “We’ll show you!” It’s infuriating, frightening, and close to devastating! One rhino here and one rhino there appeared to…