Project Snare Rhino, CSIwild

A Monument Built From Weapons

Every coil of wire
was meant to kill

A life-size rhinoceros, hand-coiled from over 7,000 wire snares. Every one was pulled from the bush by our rangers and their dogs.

7,000+Snares removed from the wild

10Years in the making

1:1Life-size sculpture

The Story

From the instruments
of slaughter

Wire snares are the cheapest and most indiscriminate tool of the poacher: a loop of wire that kills silently and without aim. For ten years, every snare our teams recovered was kept rather than discarded, then coiled by hand into the form of the animal it so often kills.

01The Cycle

Set in the Bush

Poachers lay thousands of wire snares across the reserves. They are indiscriminate traps that maim and kill anything that passes.

02The Cycle

Found by Dogs

Rangers and their dogs sweep the bush, locating and clearing the wire before it can ever close.

03The Cycle

Coiled by Hand

Over a decade, more than 7,000 recovered snares were coiled by hand into the life-size form of a rhinoceros.

The Maker

The brainchild of
Conraad Geza de Rosner

Project Snare Rhino is the vision and creation of conservationist, Conraad Geza de Rosner.

04The Cycle

Funds the Fight

Sold, the sculpture funds more snare-detection dogs to clear the wire for our next work of art.

From Workshop to Wild

Ten years in
the making

Hand-built over a decade by Conraad de Rosner, who coiled every one of the 7,000 snares into the sculpture by hand.

The snare rhino statue in progress.

Own It · Commission It

100% of net proceeds
fund conservation

This unique and important statue is to be sold, with 100% of net proceeds going towards our conservation work … including the training of more K9 units, to locate snares for our next work of art.

Commission Your
Own Animal

We are also taking commissions for a different animal, of the purchaser's choice, a bespoke sculpture coiled from recovered snares, created to honour the species closest to your heart. Each commission directly funds the training of more K9 units, to locate the wire for our next work of art.

ElephantLionPangolinLeopardYour Choice

Enquire Now

Direct to founder
Vianna von Weyhausen

The Series

One snare animal is
only the beginning

Every future sculpture is coiled from recovered snares, and each one funds the dogs that clear them. The Rhino is complete. These are next.

Snare Pangolin sculpture in progress — ○ In ProgressSnare Pangolin

Snare Falcon sculpture — ○ Coming SoonSnare Falcon

Snare Lion sculpture — ○ Coming SoonSnare Lion

Snare Elephant sculpture — ○ Coming SoonSnare Elephant

The Snare Rhino Token · Competitive Philanthropy

One title.
Up for grabs.

One title: Guardian of the Rhino.Held by a single person or organisation at a time.
It can be snatched.Give more to conservation than the current Guardian and you take the token, and the title, from them.
Competitive philanthropy.Every time it changes hands, the bar goes up and wildlife gets protected harder.
A fund that only ever rises.Most donations are spent once. This one keeps climbing.

Become the Guardian

Built by

The Wildproof Project

The Guardian Token was designed and built by Hanalei So, founder of the Wildproof Project, the system that turns a single title into a living, ever-rising source of conservation funding, and makes every future Guardian raise the floor for wildlife.

Visit Wildproof Project

Turn Wire
Into Life

Whether you acquire the rhino, commission a new piece, or sponsor a snare-detection dog, you help clear the bush of the cruellest weapon in the poacher's arsenal.

Enquire About the Rhino Sponsor a K9