Reducing Demand for Rhino Horn in the USA

Greetings all,

We are writing to ask for your help in connecting us with middle school teachers!

Thanks for your support of our education program designed to reduce the demand for rhino horn in the third greatest consumer of rhino horn - the United States. Is this as surprising to you as it is to us? We talk with people all over the country on a regular basis, and nearly everyone is surprised at this.

However, we are a wonderfully pluralistic country, with people from all over the world. The many immigrants who come add immensely to our country in many ways, but unfortunately some are also believers in the use of rhino horn for medical purposes. Even though there is no medically viable basis for the claims, a few subscribers to Traditional Asian Medicine continue to demand the horn.

This is why we are working in communities with great numbers of Asian immigrants to work with their children. As you'll undoubtedly agree, children are hugely influential of the opinions, and more importantly, the actions of their parents. Building empathy among children and empowering them to influence their families as well as their larger communities is a core part of addressing the main motivator for why rhinos are being killed for their horn.

This is where YOU come in! Are you an educator? Do you have family who are teachers? Are any of your friends helping to shape the next generation of citizens? We’d really love you to either engage with our rhino-focused interdisciplinary curriculum designed for middle school and high school students yourself if you are a teacher. OR, if you have family or friends who are teachers, please encourage them to reach out to us!

Reply to this email and let us know that you would like to join Team Rhino and help cause a crash in the demand for rhino horn.

Yours in Loving Rhinos,

James

P.S. Did you get the bad pun in the last sentence? A group of rhino are called a crash!