Non-Fiction — Review

Rhino Rescue

by Garry Hamilton
Firefly Books, 2006
ISBN 1-55297-910-5
$9.95, 64 pp, colour photos, index, age 10+
www.fireflybooks.com

Rhino Rescue is one of the latest in the Firefly Animal Rescue series designed to inform young readers about the plight of endangered animals around the world, and what is being done to protect them. Although the rhino population is nowhere near what it was even thirty years ago, three of the five species have increased their numbers enough that the rhino was dubbed “the comeback kid” when concentrated efforts were made to address the issues that threaten their survival. No surprises here—it is human behaviour that is to blame for rhino numbers dropping to near extinction levels in every part of the world. Luckily for them, a few dedicated individuals and organizations have persevered in the face of determined poachers and indifferent local peoples. Rhino Rescue tells the stories of these “megaherbivores” who originally flourished in Africa, India, and Nepal, and Indonesia and Malaysia, and of the people who are trying to save them. Rhino Rescues is another weapon in our arsenal of materials so desperately needed to educate young people and motivate them to take action in their lifetimes to protect the diversity of life on this planet. Hopefully they’ll do a better job than their ancestors. Another newly released title in the series is Birds of Prey Rescue, by Pamela Hickman, ISBN 1-55407-144-5.

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