Across Africa, rhinos are fighting for survival. Botswana could be their last haven and final hope. Rhino Conservation Botswana (RCB) is working to increase and protect populations of black and white rhinos in Botswana. On behalf of the Botswana government, we are working tirelessly to keeping these precious animals safe for future generations.
With your support, we can help rhinos to beat extinction.
Despite significant anti-poaching efforts, the rhino poaching onslaught continues unabated in Botswana with 47 rhinos lost to poachers over the last 12 months. This has devastated Botswana’s rhino populations and significantly set back the work of Rhino Conservation Botswana. [Read Full Statement]
March 9, 2020It has been a hard year for us here in the Okavango. With the drought and poaching we have had little to celebrate. But the birth of this little calf has given us hope and cause to celebrate once again. Each calf born is a step towards stabilising Botswana’s rhino population in the face of
February 14, 2020An RCB aerial patrol spotted a white rhino female struggling with a bullet wound – the result of a failed poaching attempt. We coordinated and launched a rapid response and effectively treated the rhino’s wound, most probably saving her life. This is what we do here at Rhino Conservation Botswana with our partners the Department
January 24, 2020We are delighted to have the patronage of The Duke of Sussex and we are hugely grateful for his support. On becoming Patron of RCB, The Duke said:
“I’ve been lucky enough to visit Botswana for more than 20 years and am incredibly fortunate to be able to call it my second home. Being Patron of RCB is an opportunity to give something back to a country that has given so much to me.”
In September 2016, The Duke (then ‘Prince Harry’) saw for himself RCB’s work in Botswana when he joined RCB in the Okavango Delta on a sensitive operation to fit state-of-the-art electronic tracking devices to critically endangered black rhinos.
What people have to say
The rhino is one of Africa’s most iconic species. This is a black rhino, an animal that deserves the utmost respect, so to be able to be sitting next to her is incredibly special. The black rhino has been reintroduced into Botswana and its numbers are increasing here, while numbers are decreasing elsewhere. If we can’t save these animals, what can we save?
When I learned of the rhinos’ plight from Map, I knew instantly that I had to do all I could to help. I believe that Rhino Conservation Botswana has the power to make a real difference, because it has an indomitable mix of personal commitment, political support and dedicated allies that makes anything possible. Through the Swiss charity, we do our bit to ensure there are wild rhinos tomorrow.
Map Ives and Rhino Conservation Botswana offer rhinos a safe haven in Botswana – a stable, well-run and conservation-minded country and by far my favorite place in the world. Seeing the success of their rhino reintroduction effort at first-hand was so inspiring, I knew I had to help.
It’s an honour to play a role in reintroducing black and white rhinos to their former range. The feeling of opening the boma gates and watching them walk free into the Botswana wilderness is indescribable.
