World Wildlife Day
Animal Awareness Days
World Wildlife Day on March 3rd celebrates the natural world and its inhabitants. Join us in educating the world on why wildlife deserves a wild life.
Animal awareness days
Held on September 22nd, World Rhino Day celebrates all species of rhino and raises awareness of the threats they face. Read on to learn more about rhinos and how you can help save them from extinction.
World Rhino Day takes place every year on the 22nd of September. It’s celebrated by animal rescues, charities, and individuals around the world.
World Rhino Day provides an opportunity to share information and organise events designed to raise awareness about rhinos. Rhinos are critically endangered, so we need everyone to understand how unique and vulnerable they are.
It’s especially important to raise awareness of the plight of rhinos because they are regularly poached for their horns which are sold illegally and used in traditional medicine — despite no scientific proof that these remedies work.
No. World Rhino Day takes place on the same date (22nd September) every year. It falls on different days of the week.
African rhinos desperately need protection. The near-threatened white rhino is at serious risk with just 16,803 living wild, while the black rhino is critically endangered with only around 6,487 left in the wild. One subspecies of rhino, the western black rhino, became extinct in 2011. Urgent action is needed to prevent more rhino species from facing the same fate.
The main threats to rhinos come from humans. They are poached for their horns which are used in traditional medicine to treat everything from cancer to hangovers, despite no evidence that the remedies work.
Rhino horns are also used to create decorative objects, such as handles for ceremonial daggers known as jambiyas. This high demand makes these animals extremely valuable to poachers who kill an average of 10 African rhinos each week.
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There are lots of ways to celebrate World Rhino Day. Here are some ideas that can help raise awareness and make a real difference to their survival.
Five rhino species remain in the wild, though the black rhino is critically endangered. One subspecies, the western black rhino, is extinct and the last male northern white rhino died in captivity in 2018.
Black and white rhinos can’t swim well and prefer to stay in shallow water. The other three species of rhino can swim well. All rhinos love to bathe in wet mud to keep cool.
Rhinos are rarely aggressive but can charge humans if they feel the need to protect themselves or their calves.
No, rhinos aren’t dinosaurs. They might look unusual and scaly but they are still mammals. They give birth to live young (called calves) rather than laying eggs and they’re warm-blooded.
Rhinos are herbivores (i.e. vegetarian). White rhinos graze grass as the shape of their broad lower lip makes it easy to clip the grass very close to the ground. Black rhinos prefer to eat from trees and bushes.
Animal Awareness Days
World Wildlife Day on March 3rd celebrates the natural world and its inhabitants. Join us in educating the world on why wildlife deserves a wild life.
Animal Awareness Days
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Animal awareness days
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