Who We Are|Become A Volunteer|Contact Us

Login

Sign Up

After creating an account, you'll be able to track your payment status, track the confirmation.
Username*
Password*
Confirm Password*
First Name*
Last Name*
Email*
Phone*
Contact Address
Country*
* Creating an account means you're okay with our Terms of Service and Privacy Statement.
Please agree to all the terms and conditions before proceeding to the next step

Already a member?

Login
DonateVolunteer

Save the Rhinoceros from Poaching and Extinction

The Salvare Foundation will purchase Drones that will be used to monitor Rhinos from above using infrared heat seeking technology to identify potential poaching activity keeping the Rhinos safe while acting as a visual deterrent.
0
Donors
£0.00
Donated
Donate Now

Login

Follow
StoryComments

The Salvare Foundation will purchase Drones that will be used to monitor Rhinos from above using infrared heat seeking technology to identify potential poaching activity keeping the Rhinos safe while acting as a visual deterrent.

Ceratotherium simum, (Latin) more commonly know as the Rhinoceros, abbreviated to the Rhino, is a member of any of the five extinct species of odd-toed ungulates in the family Rhinocerotidae, as well as any of the numerous extinct species therein. Two of the extinct species are native to Africa and three to southern Asia.

Scientific name: Rhinocerotidae

Gestation period: White rhinoceros: 16-18months.

Indian rhinoceros 15-16 months, Black Rhinoceros 15-16months

Mass: White rhinoceros: 2,300kg, Indian rhinoceros 2200kg, Black rhinoceros: 800-1400kg.

Lifespan: white rhinoceros: 40-50 years, Indian rhinoceros: 35-45 years, Black rhinoceros 35-50 years.

Speed: While rhinoceros 50km/hr, Indian rhinoceros: 55km/hr Black rhinoceros: 55km/h

Height: White rhinoceros 1.7-1.9m, Indian rhinoceros 16-1.9m, Black rhinoceros 1.6-1.9m, Black rhinoceros: 1.3-1.8m

Uganda was once home to over 700 wild rhinoceros in the 1960s in areas like Kidepo valley National park and Murchison falls National parks,

But due to continuous human wildlife conflicts the white rhinos got extinct from the wild because they were killed for bush meat and their precious horns sold on the black market.

Later after the extinction of the white rhinoceros Uganda government, and the Rhino fund Uganda established a rhino sanctuary in 2005 called Ziwa Rhino sanctuary specifically to help in the increasing the number of the rhinos in Uganda, currently Uganda has a population of 22 Rhinos that are situated in the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary which is also known as a labor of Uganda’s endangered rhinos.

The number of rhinos is promising though of recent we had a death of a white rhinoceros in the sanctuary.

Ziwa rhino sanctuary is aiming at building a sustainable rhinoceros population and relocates rhinos back to their original habitat in Uganda’s protected areas.

 

 

 


Trouble Donating?

Email us :
info@salvarefoundation.org



Donate online safely

The payment is encrypted and transmitted securely with an SSL protocol.

161 Responses
  80. tlover tonet
    Reply

    I’ve been browsing online more than three hours today, yet I never found any interesting article like yours. It’s pretty worth enough for me. In my opinion, if all website owners and bloggers made good content as you did, the net will be much more useful than ever before.

Leave a Reply