What have you done today to make yourself proud?

Aquila Owner, Searl, trying to get medicated water to Absa
Photo Credit: Getaway Magazine

My heart is saddened by yet another brutal rhino poaching this past week. Absa, the first rhino introduced to Aquila game reserve, died after 5 days of fighting for his life after poachers brutally removed his horns. To date 279 rhinos have been killed across South Africa. If they keep going at this rate there will be more than 400 rhino deaths for 2011 in SA alone. Where will this end? This is all for greed and money. Have people gone crazy, do they not care, do they not realise by killing and destroying our precious animals and earth, they are indirectly hurting themselves and robbing their own children and people from their heritage. I am outraged at this and will do everything I can to help make a difference.

You can also make a difference by doing the following:

1) Sign these petitions

http://www.mypetition.co.za/index.php?page=sign_petition&petition_id=504

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/1/africa-geographics-stop-killing-rhinos-petition/

2) Join the Woolworths My School My planet Campaign and choose The Rhino Fund as beneficiary.
This costs you nothing. Woolworths has committed to donate a certain percent of profits everytime that someone swipes their card while shopping at any of their stores. Please read more about this campaign here:
http://www.myschool.co.za/villages-and-planets/494-ewt-myplanet-rhino-fund