Big and Hunky

Following the invention of the explosive harpoon in 1864, the whaling industry became so ruthless and efficient that species after species were decimated, hunted almost to extinction.

A combination of poaching and habitat loss has reduced the world's rhino population by 70% in just 30 years.

The rhino is killed for its horn. Made of compacted hair and keretin(fingernail-like material), the horn is used in many traditionalmedicines and carved into ornamental dagger handles.

Few animals have sparked the imagination as much as the gorilla. But unfortunately, gorillas could be extinct in the wild in as little as 20 years.

Forest clearance for agriculture, commercial logging and killinggorillas for bushmeat are bringing many populations to the brink ofextinction.

If you adopt a gorilla we can help to protect these wonderful animals.

Elephants are the largest land mammals in the world, living in social structures organised around females and their calves.

Due to the international demand for ivory in the 1970s and 1980s,the illegal trade spiralled out of control causing a catastrophicdecline in African elephant numbers.