Save the Rhino International (SRI) is a UK-based conservation charity. It is

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's largest single-species rhino charity, in terms of funds raised, grants made, and profile and positioning. SRI began fundraising for

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rhino conservation projects in 1992 and was formally registered as a

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in 1994. One of SRI's founder patrons was the British writer and humorist Douglas Adams, who was also known to be a

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enthusiast.

Mission

Save the Rhino International works to conserve viable populations of

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rhinos in

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and

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. By funding field projects and through education, the goal of Save the Rhino is to deliver material, long-lasting and widespread benefits to rhinos and other

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, and the people living in these areas.

Activities

SRI raises funds to support projects for rhino conservation. These programs are used to develop

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methods by which local communities can manage

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and teach the public about the importance of preserving natural resources and address human-wildlife conflict issues. The funding is also utilized for direct assistance as well, such as anti-poaching and monitoring patrols, species translocation, research into threats to rhinos and alternatives to the use of rhino horn, and veterinary work.

Trustees and Patrons

Trustees

* Alistair Weaver * Claire Curtin * George Stephenson * Henry Chaplin * Joe Steidl * Megan Greenwood * Sianne Haldane

Patrons

* Polly Adams * Benedict Allen *

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* Louise Aspinall * Nick Baker * Simon Barnes * Mark Carwardine * Chloe Chick * Mark Coreth * Dina de Angelo * Robert Devereux * Ben Hoskyns-Abrahall * Angus Innes * Destiny Gilliam * Francesco Nardelli *

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* Julian Ozanne * Viscount Petersham * Mark Sainsbury * Robin Saunders * Alec Seccombe * Tira Shubart * James Sunley * Nick Tims * William Todd-Jones * Jack Whitehall

Campaigns

In 2005/6 the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria ( EAZA) selected rhinoceros species as the subject of their annual fund-raising and awareness campaign, with direct input from SRI, raising a total of €660,000. Extensive campaigns have also been run in Vietnam with the help of TV actor

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and Arsenal F.C. footballer Aaron Ramsey.

References

External links

*{{official website, http://www.savetherhino.org
Save the Rhino International
at the

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