Rory's Promise 🤝
Helping Rory's Living Cousins
Rory is a woolly rhinoceros — and woolly rhinos are extinct. But Rory has five living cousins roaming the Earth today, and they need our help.
Meet the Five Rhinos
Rory is a woolly rhinoceros — and woolly rhinos are extinct. But Rory has five living cousins roaming the Earth today, and they need our help.
Meet the Five Rhinos
Why this book series exists
Long ago, woolly rhinoceroses like Rory walked the frozen Earth. Today they live on only in stories — and in fossils.
But the story doesn't have to end that way for their cousins. Five kinds of rhinoceros are roaming free in the wild, and every one of them needs friends. Some have only a few dozen left in the whole wide world.
Rory's Promise is simple: every Rory book helps children meet real rhinos, learn why they matter, and discover how families can help protect them. As the series grows, so will our giving — because stories should leave the world better than they found it.
— Malvyn
Gentle facts for young readers
White, black, greater one-horned, Javan, and Sumatran — five rhino species share our planet today.
A rhino's horn is made of keratin — the same stuff as your fingernails! Yet some people still hunt rhinos for them.
As forests and grasslands shrink, rhinos have fewer safe places to live and raise their babies.
Brave rangers guard rhinos day and night. They are real-life heroes — and they need our support.
Rory's living cousins — get to know them!
The biggest of all rhinos — as heavy as a car! Despite the name, they're grey. They munch grass with their wide, square mouths.
Home: Grasslands of southern Africa · Left in the wild: about 18,000
Also grey (the name is a mystery!). Their hooked upper lip works like a finger for picking tasty leaves off bushes.
Home: Bushes and woodlands of Africa · Left in the wild: about 6,500
Also called the Indian rhino. Their skin folds look like armor plates — nature's own suit of armor! Great swimmers, too.
Home: Grasslands of India and Nepal · Left in the wild: about 4,000
The rarest large mammal on Earth. Every single Javan rhino alive lives in one national park on the island of Java.
Home: Ujung Kulon, Indonesia · Left in the wild: fewer than 100
The smallest — and hairiest! — rhino, with a shaggy reddish-brown coat. Rory's closest living cousin!
Home: Rainforests of Indonesia · Left in the wild: fewer than 100
🦏 Did you know? A rhino's horn is made of keratin — the same stuff as your fingernails. It isn't magic medicine; it's just hair! Yet rhinos are hunted for their horns. That's why they need friends like you.
Small actions, big difference
Read about rhinos as a family. Scroll up, meet the five species, and pick a favorite.
Tell a friend one rhino fact. Share Rory's story. Awareness is where all rescue begins.
Draw your own rhino and share it with @roryrhino. We'll feature our favorites!
These trusted organizations work directly to protect rhinos in the wild:
Protects all five rhino species across Africa and Asia, working with local communities and rangers.
savetherhino.orgFunds rhino conservation, anti-poaching work, and habitat protection worldwide.
rhinos.org