Organisations Involved

The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES)

·         When countries such as Yemen, South Korea and Japan joined CITES they implemented measures to reduce the demand for rhino horn in their countries – most of these strategies were successful.

The International Anti-Poaching Foundation (IAPF)

·         This organisation trains rangers to become anti-poachers, develops and implements conservation security plans, runs anti-poaching operations and develops specialist technology that could be used for anti-poaching operations.

K9 Organisation

·         This organisation consists of a team of dogs and their handler Conraad de Rosner; together they can track poachers and detect rhinoceros horns and elephant tusks.

The Environmental Affairs Committee of the Law Society of South Africa

·         This committee has offered the Department of Environmental Affairs and the National Prosecuting Authority its specialised criminal and environmental legal services to fight against the poaching of rhinoceroses.

Rhino SA

·This is an organisation aimed at educating the youth of South Africa. The driving force behind this campaign is a group of dedicated youth from schools and tertiary institutions across the country.

The Rhino Orphanage

·         This is the first specialist rhinoceros orphanage that aims to care for the orphaned animals and then release them back into the wild.

Save the Elephants

·         This organisation creates awareness about elephants through films, social networks and their website. On top of this, Save The Elephants develops technology to track and monitor elephants, assists in the destruction of national ivory stockpiles throughout Africa and is involved in a project wherein people who were once poachers but have renounced their crimes are trained to be gamekeepers.