Did you know?

• Only five countries are home to about 98.5% white rhinos. Previously they lived in around forty-eight countries.
• Grassy savannas and woods with grassy clearings are their homes.
• White rhinos have a square upper lip, also known as the square-lipped rhinoceros.
• They feed exclusively on short grasses and can be described as ‘selective lawnmowers.’
• White rhinos are the second largest land mammal. They can weigh over 3500kg, heavier than black rhinos.
• White Rhinos are surprisingly fast for their size and weight and can run up to 40 km/h for brief periods1 rhino killed every 9 hours ( 2017, data). of time.
• 1 rhino killed every 9 hours ( 2017, data).
• White rhinos are the most social rhinos. They occasionally gather in groups of as many as a dozen individuals.
• White rhinos grow two horns, with the front being more prominent than the other. Rhino horns can grow up to 3 inches per year and can reach 5 feet.
• Unfortunately, myths about horns’ medicinal properties are responsible for killing Rhinos for their horns, especially used in China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore.
• This hard hairlike growth (rhino horn) is brainlessly considered a status symbol and utilized as an ornamental dagger handle in North Africa and the Middle East.
• In Nov 2021, 30 white rhinos were translocated more than 3,400 kilometers (2,113 miles) from South Africa to Rwanda, which is the largest single rhino translocation in history.
• Recently, CITES COP19 downgraded the status of southern white rhinos. Despite an increase in poaching, the proposal to move the southern white rhino from Appendix I to Appendix II was approved at the 19th Conference of Parties, which is a significant blow to rhino conservation in Africa.