Save the Rhino International (SRI)

Mission

Save the Rhino International works to conserve genetically viable populations of critically endangered rhinoceros species in the wild. Our aim is to increase rhino numbers by providing financial and in-kind support for rhino projects and for community-based initiatives.

For rhino populations to qualify as being “wild”, three conditions must be satisfied:

- They must be free-ranging within an area large enough to sustain a breeding group

- The area in question must consist of natural rhino habitat

- They must survive by feeding off natural vegetation in the area (ie, without human intervention)

"Genetically viable” populations are generally taken to mean those with a minimum of 20 individuals. In some areas, smaller populations have been known to breed successfully, although it is not know what the impact is on the long-term genetic diversity of such a population.

Aims

- To increase the number of rhinos in genetically viable populations in the wild

- To provide financial and in-kind support for projects focused on all five of the rhinoceros species

- To encourage and enable the sharing of information, experience and skills between rhino projects

- To measure and improve the effectiveness of our grant-making activities