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  1. Help pygmy hippos in Liberia

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    Help pygmy hippos in Liberia 
    ©Fauna and Flora International

    Head to the jungles of Liberia, and you’ll find the absolutely adorable pygmy hippopotamus.  

    They enjoy spending their time bobbing along rivers, plodding up the riverbank and searching for tasty leaves.

    Enter a group of illegal miners.  They’ve hacked and hammered their way deep into the ancient forest, hunting for rare metals.  They brought about rampant deforestation and poaching all around them and the hippos have nowhere to run to.   

    All but 3,000 are dead.  They are heading towards extinction.

    But there’s a chance to enable local rangers to protect the hippos’ home - and making it impossible for the mining to ever return in the future.

    They are working with local people who want to protect the ancient forests as much as Fauna and Flora International do.  

    Please help the pygmy hippos and keep them free to romp and stomp around their home in peace.

    Will you donate £3 to help Fauna and Flora International and keep the forests free from illegal mining and care for the pygmy hippos and keep them safe

    Please go to Fauna and Flora's website to donate

     

  2. Rhino horn belongs only to rhinos

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     Give rhinos your support this World Rhino Day on 22 September 2019

    Do you agree with the statement:

    Rhino horn belongs only to rhinos?

    If you do agree with it, please sign the African Wildlife Foundaton’s pledge, saying “Rhion horn belongs only to rhinos”. 

    World Rhino Day takes place on 22 September, and the AWF says we must make one thing clearer than ever:  Rhino horns are not for sale.

    Let’s make it very clear: Rhino horns do not cure cancer or hangovers or any ailments.

    But the demand for rhino horn is there, as people believe it has medicinal benefits and is a symbol of high social status.

    Rhino horn is made of keratin – as human nails are – and it is as effective as curing cancer as chewing on your fingernails is.

    RHINO HORN BELONGS ON A RHINO.

    There are less than 6,000 critically endangered black rhinos left.  Unfortunately, poachers, traffickers and consumers don’t care.   We must stop them.

    Please give rhinos your support on this World Rhino Day.   Join one of 50,000 wildlife advocates and fight for these rhinos.

    Sign the AWF’s pledge if you agree that rhino horn belongs on a rhino.