The Long Walk for Rhino initiative
The exciting Long Walk for Rhino initiative saw two active Game Ranger Conservationists, Paul Jennings and Sboniso Phakathi walk from Musina in the north of South Africa to the Cape Point in the far south of South Africa from May to July 2011.
Along the way they raised awareness of the decimation of our rhino population to thousands of people and children they encountered throughout their journey.
They also raised funds towards the Rights for Rhino Campaign which will go towards:
improving and implementing better education programs that addresses the issues of conservation, poaching and training; procuring better equipment to assist conservation field staff in employing organisations tasked with rhino protection; assisting with better intelligence gathering for relevant reserves including in their joint-ventures with the law enforcement agencies involved in fighting against poaching; working with nearby communities to raise awareness and to develop strategies to eradicate poaching; and assisting the Veterinary Genetics Laboratory in order to develop the individual ID rhino system that will also develop a central standard secure database of rhinoceros DNA profiles for forensic purposes.
For more information on this initiative please go to www.rightsforrhinos.co.za.