About Saving Rhinos

One woman's decision to make a difference.

The beginning of Saving Rhinos: The Javan Rhino

The alarming numbers of the Javan Rhino inspired the launch of Saving Rhinos (savingrhinos.org) in December 2007.

Proceeds from shirt and merchandise sales are contributed to rhino conservation and care.

Saving Rhinos: Our Founder

Rhishja Larson
Saving Rhinos (savingrhinos.org) is the passion project of Rhishja Larson - the result of a lifelong fascination (some would call it an obsession) with the rhinoceros.

Rhishja spends much of her free time maintaining savingrhinos.org, the Saving Rhinos shop on CafePress, Crash! The Saving Rhinos Community, the Saving Rhinos blog, and the Saving Rhinos page on Facebook®. She created all of the t-shirt designs and is always working on something new.

Rhishja is a Stanford Certified Project Manager (Stanford University) and has a BA in Government from CSU Sacramento. She is a member of The Search Engine Marketing Professionals Organization (SEMPO) and Web Analytics Association (WAA).

In addition to rhinos, Rhishja loves caring for her pets: 2 dogs (Gordon Setters), 1 cat, 1 Russian Tortoise, 2 Red-eared Sliders, 1 Three-toed Box Turtle, 2 Tomato Frogs, 3 White's Tree Frogs, 2 Firebellied Toads, a freshwater aquarium, and a saltwater aquarium.

How to connect with Saving Rhinos

Join the Saving Rhinos community, Crash! crashofrhinos.org!, become a Saving Rhinos fan on Facebook®, follow Saving Rhinos on Twitter, and be sure to check out the Saving Rhinos blog.

Our Mission

The mission of Saving Rhinos (savingrhinos.org) is to raise funds and awareness for the conservation and captive care of all five species of rhino. We raise funds through the sale of rhino shirts, posters, jewelry, and books. We raise awareness through our informational and educational website.

Rhino conservation microprojects

We help empower small educational community organizations who are working to increase support for local rhino conservation, in the rhinos' native habitat. We do this by deploying multi-pronged online communication programs on behalf of these organizations to raise awareness of their efforts. We contribute funds raised from the sale of rhino t-shirts to the organizations we are working with.

Learn more about our support of Partnership for Rhino Conservation (PARC/Nepal), a local community organization helping Greater One-Horned Rhinos in the Chitwan area of Nepal.

Our Vision

The vision of Saving Rhinos is to contribute to the survival of all rhino species by raising support of rhino conservation and captive rhino care to a level that ensures the following:

All five species of rhino are assured safe places to live and thrive on earth
Our future generations may enjoy the wonders of this unique and enchanting animal

Saving Rhinos looks forward to partnering with rhino conservation and rhino fundraising organizations around the world to make our vision a reality.

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