Getting real about unicorns
It may come as a shock, but actually unicorns don't exist.
However, there is a real animal which isn't much different, and which faces very real, serious threats. African rhinos are being poached in record numbers because of the fantastical belief that their horns cure ailments and even hangovers.
It has often been thought that myths about unicorns were based on sightings of rhinos, which are now threatened with being consigned to nothing but our imaginations.
Adopt a rhino to help us protect these real-life unicorns.
Real unicorns have curves
So what if they roll in mud rather than fairy dust? And if theyβre big and grey, instead of sleek and glittery, whoβs complaining?
One rhino subspecies, the Southern White rhino, is a significant conservation success story. The population has recovered from fewer than 100 in 1895 to over 20,000 today.
We want to do the same for black rhinos. You can't really help protect unicorns, as they've never existed, but you can help protect rhinos instead. Adopt one today and you'll receive a rhino toy, welcome pack and regular updates.
We donβt need to imagine these amazing creatures β we just need to protect them. Adopt a rhino today.
Images not credited above
- Unicorn: Florian Lehrmuth via Flickr / CC BY-NC 2.0 / modified by us
- Rhino: Martin Harvey / WWF