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"South Africa sees Poaching Intensify as 749 Rhinos killed!"

Summary:

Some asian nations, such as China and Vietnam see the rhino horn as valuable to them because they follow the belief that it can cure illnesses such as cancer. This has resulted in an increase of rhino poaching in 2014 where a record of 749 rhinos were killed and 544 of these poachings took place in the Kruger National park. In response to this, South Africa are working on conservation programs to raise awareness of the poaching to the Asian nations involved. In addition to this they are protecting their own rhinos which are being conserved, as they are the only nation to still have white rhinos in their area, and they also have a herd of 1,916 black rhinos. In order to maintain these numbers South Africa has taken the important step to educate and prevent further poaching.

If you would like to find out more information the article the information is based off will be linked at the end of this post. The article provides a good insight into, and addresses the issue of, rhino poaching in Southern Africa and states the reason for the problem. It is a brief and easy to read article which I strongly recommend for anyone who wishes to know some specific figures regarding rhino poaching. The article also states why it is important to support the rhinos in Southern Africa, especially South Africa.  

Rhino article:

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-08-30/south-africa-sees-rhino-poaching-intensify-as-749-animals-killed

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New Members!

Now that we have started a new school year we have sadly lost a few members of our save the rhinos group. However, it has also meant that we have gained some new members as well. The new members to our group are Lourdes, Michelle, Mariana, Jamin, William, Giovanni and Donald. 

This year we aim to raise awareness about the difficulties rhinos face through blog posts, marches, fundraisers, and even possibly sponsoring a rhino. As we stated in our blog's first post, we mainly spent last year raising awareness through our school about the rhinos. We achieved this through multiple bake sales where we sold rhino shaped cookies and gave out short informative messages about the rhinos. Also, we participated in the Global March for rhinos and elephants, which is coming up very soon in Stockholm. This year, we are going to contact other groups in Stockholm, similarly to last year, to march around Stockholm raising public awareness on the elephants and rhinos. Finally, one of our main goals this year is to try and contact other schools around the world. From this we wish to achieve a global understanding of the current problems with the rhinos and poaching, and to hopefully get other schools to campaign against this as we do.

The members of our Rhino Group this year are:

Katie:

I am involved in the SIS Rhino Group because I want to be able to educate other people on what we are doing to Rhinos and how we can stop this inhumane behavior. This Group has given me the opportunity to further my understanding on the mistreatment some people show towards Rhinos, and what a global issue this is. Without the Rhino the world would be at a loss.

Siska:

I am in the Rhino Group because of my love of animals. I think no animal should be killed for the use of humans. I want to help make sure that in my lifetime the Rhinos will not go extinct. Hope that with our little group we can make a little of a change to help the Rhinos survive.

Deepti:

I am involved in the SIS Rhino Group Because I want to inform the people about how the rhinos are treated. This group has helped me widen my knowledge about how rhinos are treated and how it is becoming a global issue. I hope this group together can make a change to save the Rhinos.

Imran:
I am involved in the SIS rhino group because I want to be involved in changing people's mind towards that slaughter of these animals. I am from Asia and I know that people there believe that rhino horn is something special and I want them to realise that these are animals and should not be killed for their horns.

Lourdes:

I joined the rhino group to take part in helping the issue of poaching. I want to show that the rhinos are animals that are important to ecosystems. I want to help the rhinos and expand the knowledge on the issue.

Michelle:

I joined the Rhino Group because I want to save the rhinos as well as spreading awareness about rhino poaching. It has became a very serious global issue and such inhumane action should be stopped. I hope with this group, we can raise awareness not only to the students in our school but also to the public to change the lives of the rhinos.

Mariana:

I joined the Rhino Group because I want to make a difference and help those without a voice. Rhino slaughter and poaching is unacceptable, and must be stopped now, and any help can make a difference. I hope that with this group I can help change people's opinion on hunting in general.  

William:

I joined the Rhino group as I am greatly interested in helping making people aware of the poaching that is going on in the world. I want to make people aware that Rhino's are more than just the ivory they have. 

Donald:

I joined the Rhino group because of my profound love of SADC. I thought since Rhino poaching is one of their major problems at the moment I would somehow help them by joining the group.

Jamin:

I joined the Rhino group because I care about the animals being poached in Africa. I want to make a difference and change our views on these animals, because there are people out there who don’t see them as animals but only see the horns and tusks they have.

Giovanni:

I am involved in the SIS rhino group as I strongly believe that the rhinos need our help. I wish to educate others on the problems of rhino poaching and how we can help prevent the poaching. I believe that by being part of the rhino group it is the first step into making a big change with rhino poaching.

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Stockholm International School Rhino Preservation Group

This group started in 2014 when our teacher Deidre Smith saw a message from a teacher in Botswana asking if anyone was interested in joining their Save the Rhino Project as part of the IB Diploma. Over the last year, we have gone round the school to tell other students about the plight of the rhino as well as participated in the Global March for rhinos and elephants last year. Recently we have sold rhino shaped biscuits to raise money to help protect the rhino through Project Rhino KZN. We are hoping to connect with other schools from all over the world to engage people in saving the rhinos.

The members of our group are:

Albandri:

I am involved in Rhino Group, because killing them it's not humane. I want to make a change in the killers minds and let them know that is not good to kill animals to get money. I hope that I leave imprints in this group.

Katie Jenkins:

I am involved in the SIS Rhino Group because I want to be able to educate other people on what we are doing to Rhinos and how we can stop this inhumane behavior. This Group has given me the opportunity to further my understanding on the mistreatment some people show towards Rhinos, and what a global issue this is. Without the Rhino the world would be at a loss.

Siska:

I am in the Rhino Group because of my love of animals. I think no animal should be killed for the use of humans. I want to help make sure that in my lifetime the Rhinos will not go extinct. Hope that with our little group we can make a little of a change to help the Rhinos survive.

Youssef Hamoud Alshammari:

I am involved in the Rhino group in the SIS school because I want to help the Rhinoceros

from the dangers of people and leave them to have a good life. and I want to do something to help the community. And I hope to leave an imprint on this group.

Deepti Sharma:

I am involved in the SIS Rhino Group Because I want to inform the people about how the rhinos are treated. This group has helped me widen my knowledge about how rhinos are treated and how it is becoming a global issue. I hope this group together can make a change to save the Rhinos.

Imran Hakim:
I am involved in the SIS rhino group because I want to be involved in changing people's mind towards that slaughter of these animals. I am from Asia and I know that people there believe that rhino horn is something special and I want them to realise that these are animals and should not be killed for their horns.