World Rhino Day 2025
World Rhino Day 2025 On this World Rhino Day I would like to congratulate the Uganda government and the Ziwa Rhino sanctuary for the successful return of the white rhino to Uganda. And I was so honored to hear that one of Ziwa’s rhino calves has been named Jane. I am so looking forward to the day when I can meet her, face to face – or face to horn! But I have seen photos of her and she is, in my eyes, very beautiful. Little – well, not so little! – Jane is lucky to be in a sanctuary where the needs of the local people are considered along with the needs of the wild animals. Because at Ziwa cattle owned by the local community are grazing alongside the rhino. It just so happens that, as I write this, I am staying at Longneck Manor, created by my friend Rick Barongi, and home to 3 captive bred southern white rhinos. Here visitors learn that although these rhinos are huge and strong, they are also gentle. Like dogs, they love to be rubbed behind their ears and on the belly. Right now, outsid…