RHINO Stationery & Save the Rhino International

Save the Rhino International

Save the Rhino International is a charity organisation that works to protect and increase the rhino population. Their vision is for all five rhino species to thrive in the wild for future generations.

Where it all began - 1970s poaching epidemic

In 1970, a rhino poaching epidemic began that was to hit black rhino populations severely. The crisis continued to deplete populations right through to the late 1980s and early 1990s, so much so that by 1993, there were only 2,475 black rhinos left in the world. At the start of the 1990s, rhino enthusiasts Dave Stirling and Johnny Roberts took themselves on a ‘Rhino Scramble’ across Africa, raising money to help the fencing of the Aberdare Rhino Sanctuary and meeting a wide range of rhino conservationists along the way.

“The rhino and the elephant were great charismatic animals that one could raise money for because they were well known and people knew they were endangered… but the problem was, not through any malice or ill practice, the money wasn’t being spent in all the right areas. That is where Johnny and I stepped in to set up a charity."

Dave Stirling, co-founder and Honorary President, Save the Rhino International.

Filled with inspiration from their journey, the two returned to the UK and set about raising funds for rhinos in Africa. They started with the infamous and ever-growing London Marathon, roping in friends to run the 26.2-mile course around central London in 1992.

Between 1992 and 1994, the group continued to raise funds in any way they could. With costumes in tow, they collected money, ran marathons, and organised auctions. Their most popular way of raising money was a good old-fashioned rave: primarily based at the SW1 Club in Victoria.

Save the Rhino events became the place to be for a good night out!

On 28 February 1994, the group officially registered as a UK charity, Save the Rhino International (charity number: 1035072). The next 14 years of the charity’s history have seen some significant steps forward.

Victor Stationery & Save the Rhino International

The partnership began when one of our Directors, Carey McClay, teamed up with Save the Rhino International to print their logo on the back of every exercise book we produced; with the aim of raising awareness amongst teachers and children.

2006 was the year Victor Stationery met Save the Rhino. This was also a time when we were going through a huge amount of change and were looking into partnering up with a charity organisation. Coincidentally, we received a letter from the marketing team at Save the Rhino, saying they’d seen our brand and wondered if we could work together.

We arranged to meet at their offices in Borough Market, London, we immediately loved the people and their commitment and passion for what they were doing, marking the start of a great relationship!

How does Victor Stationery contribute to Save the Rhino?

With your help, we have been supporting Save the Rhino for 17 years and to da, we have raised over €150,000.

Here, Cathy Dean, CEO of Save the Rhino talks to Carey about how it all began…

Our customers can be a part of this movement by buying RHINO Stationery as every purchase of RHINO helps save Rhinos.

#BuyingRHINOSavesRhinos.

We even have our own range of 100% Recycled notebooks. Each product is beautifully illustrated with each of the five species of rhinos (with fascinating rhino facts inside), celebrating these magnificent endangered animals that we're helping to protect and reminding us how we can make a difference to the natural world around us.

Each book is bursting with personality representing the different types of rhinos in the wild.

Good news for 2023 – two more Javan rhinos

Two new Javan rhino calves have been born in Indonesia, captured by hidden cameras in Ujing Kulon National Park, and shared by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry. With only 80 Javan rhinos left in the world, every new birth is hugely important and gives us hope for the future population of rhinos - a positive story for rhino conservation.