Rhino with horn removedThe rhino is being hunted into extinction and could disappear forever unless we act now. Statistics show 440 rhinos were brutally killed last year in South Africa by poachers seeking their horns, and more than 100 have already been killed this year. Fueling this devastation is a spike in demand for rhino horns, used for bogus cancer cures, hangover remedies, and good luck charms in China and Vietnam.

And so we pray this news . . .

A Litany for Animal Protection
by Andrew Linzey

One For animals neglected and ill-treated
All Give us new hearts, O God.

One For animals hunted to death
All Give us new hearts, O God . . .

O God
give us new hearts
that we may feel again
the suffering of our
fellow creatures;

deliver us
from ourselves
and the evil
we inflict
on the animal world.

(a pause for reflection)

One From our denigration of animals
All Free us, O Lord.

One From thinking of animals as things
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our indifference to cruelty
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our systematic exploitation of animals
All Free us, O Lord.

One From treating animals as machines
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our abdication of responsibility
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our spiritual blindness
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our shrunken sensibilities
All Free us, O Lord.

One From our hardness of heart
All Free us, O Lord.

— from Animal Rites by Andrew Linzey 

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Sign a petition to urge the European Union to ban all trade in rhino products.

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Get more information on other ways to help the rhinos from these organizations:

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