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Buckinghamshire Discovers Rare Rhino Visit an exhibition of Zimbabwean Stone Sculpture The work of some of Zimbabwe's best artists has been brought together for a unique exhibition called 'The Art of Conservation' which hopes to raise awareness of 'Rhinowatch' a conservation organisation which was established to census and monitor black rhino populations in Zimbabwe. The pieces on display are largely abstract reflecting animals including rhinos, birds and human forms. The sculpture exhibition is to be held in the grounds of SAS Institute, Wittington House, in Medmenham, near Marlow and will be open to the public on 21st and 22nd, 28th and 29th March from 12 noon - 4pm. SAS Institute, a leading provider of business intelligence software has teamed up with Rhinowatch and is lending its expertise in software to save one of the world's oldest creatures, the black rhino. Rhinowatch is using SAS software to identify individual rhino's footprints. Glyn Read, marketing director, SAS Institute commented: "We are very happy to be able to use our software expertise to help save an endangered species and we hope by having the art exhibition in our grounds we will raise awareness in the UK of the plight of the black rhino." Rhinowatch was founded in 1990 by Dr Sky Alibai and Zoe Jewell and is a non-governmental organisation based at Royal Holloway, University of London. Based at Sinamatella Camp in Hwange National Park, Rhinowatch works in conjunction with the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management in Zimbabwe. Rhinowatch works in Zimbabwe to census and monitor the black rhino population, also aiding skills transfer to the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management of Zimbabwe. In addition, in 1997, at the invitation of the Ministry of Environment and Tourism in Namibia.