Project Peril: Help Save the Rhino
Help Save Endangered Rhinos From Extinction!
Over the past 40 years, rhino population has dropped over 95%. Of the five species of rhino on the planet, three of them are critically endangered: the black rhino, the Sumatran Rhino, and the Javan Rhino. Rhinos play an important role in their countries; they bring in large amounts of income from tourism and are vital to the ecosystem. In fact, their dung supports fly, beetle and fungus species, keeping the African plains healthy!
The main factor causing the decline of the rhino population is poaching. Rhinos are poached for their horns because they are believed to have medicinal properties in some countries. The poaching has increased due to the immense reward poachers can obtain for the horns, especially since many of these poachers are impoverished. Instability and war in the regions where the black rhino resides makes conservation efforts difficult.
Project Peril, a signature program of Greater Good Charities, is committed to working with the best non-profits in Africa devoted to ending poaching entirely, protecting rhino habitat, and raising local awareness to the issue.
You can help us protect Rhinos. With your support, we can work to halt deforestation, protect critical habitat, and put a stop to poaching.
Greater Good Charities has ultimate authority and discretion with regard to the distribution of its funds. All expenditures made are consistent with the exempt purposes of Greater Good Charities.
About Project Peril:
Project Peril, a program of Greater Good Charities, is dedicated to the conservation of species identified as in peril, threatened, endangered or close to extinction throughout the world.
