Tag Archive: Black Rhinos
‘Stand Together’ Music Video Supports Rhino Conservation in Namibia
A new music video for a conservation-driven song called Stand Together showcases the Namibian people’s commitment to protecting their nation’s prolific wildlife, especially the critically endangered black rhino populations. Several Namibian artists combined their musical talents to create “Stand Together,”…
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Saving Rhinos with Music in Namibia
Rhino poaching has reached epidemic proportions across the African continent. Even though the international trade in rhino horn has been banned since 1977, rising consumer demand has continued to fuel criminal syndicates that brutally kill rhinos for their horns. If…
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Black Rhinos Survive in the Deserts of Namibia
Due largely to the high value of powdered rhino horns in traditional Chinese medicine, poachers killed 98 percent of the rhinos in Africa between 1960 and 1995. Even now, rhino populations continue to decline rapidly around the world. In 2011, both a…
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Rhinos Without Borders Attempts Massive Rhino Relocation
The rhinos of Africa are faced with a sad reality. Every seven hours a rhinoceros life is taken by poachers, and without the help of conservation efforts, the two African rhino species face the very real possibility of extinction. In…
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Five Can't-Miss Things to Do in Namibia
Mention the word ‘safari’ and most people will probably picture thousands of wildebeest thundering across the Serengeti plains or a leopard prowling through a verdant wildlife oasis like Botswana’s Okavango Delta. Namibia, compared to some of the Africa’s better-known safari…
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