Welcome to the 2011 IRKA / IRF Rhino Photo Contest

Voting has completed. The top 12 winning photos listed below will be used in a 2012 IRKA / IRF Calendar

The calendars have been produced and have begun shipping. There is a limited number of calendars available so order yours today! Gift orders need to be made soon to be received in time for the holidays!

See order information below.

The final 4,090 votes have been tallied & the 12 winners for the first IRKA/IRF 2012 Rhino Calendar are below (in order): Congratulations to the winners!
1. Becki Orze4	2. Helen Massey4	3. Linnea Milam2	4. Sara McGinnis3
5. Jason Pootoolal5	6. Dr. Houwald3	7. Jane Kennedy3	8. Kate Ranos3
9. Rebecca Krywko1	10. Tom Uhlman2	11. Abigail Stiles1	12. Dr. Brij Kishor Gupta1

Calendars will be sold for $26 with the funds raised going to help purchase supplies such as; digital cameras, tamper proof evidence bags, PDAs, metal detectors, shoes, GPS, & binoculars. These supplies will help increase effective protection of rhino populations & successful prosecutions of wildlife crimes, specifically in selected areas in Zimbabwe & the Republic of South Africa. Meeting these basic equipment needs will improve the monitoring & protection of rhino & other wildlife in the selected areas & also contribute to collection of crime evidence when poaching events occur, thus increasing the probability of successful wildlife crime prosecution.

The calendars have been produced and have begun shipping. There is a limited number of calendars available so order yours today! Gift orders need to be made soon to be received in time for the holidays! If you would like to order a calendar you can do so online by clicking on the PayPal "Buy Now" link button below. You will be redirected to the secure PayPal site to complete your order. Note: Please make sure the shipping address in your personal PayPal account is correct and is where you want the calendar(s) to be sent.

If you would like to order a calendar via snail-mail, please fill out the calendar form and send it along with a check made payable to the IRKA for $26 to:

Sara Wunder
1468 Lake Shore Ranch Dr.
Seffner, FL 33584

Thanks to the 77 participants who submitted an amazing 271 photos! Since there were 271 photos to choose from, we lowered the total number of photos in the final contest to 100 so the voting did not become too overwhelming! Everyone who had submitted a photo had at least one photo in the contest. Every rhino species, zoo, and / or wildlife park that participated will be recognized.

If you have any questions or comments conserning the calendar contest please email:

IRKACalendar@gmail.com