Poached rhino numbers have grown rapidly
Bryan Daniels-Fok told Beeld he had heard from his parents that rhinos were being killed for their horns.
"They [poachers] kill the rhinos. We have to save them!"
Mina Daniels-Fok, Bryan's mother, said her son was very distressed when he heard about the poaching.
"He decided he wanted to help, so we came up with the idea to ask half the people who wanted to give him a gift for his birthday to donate money instead."
Bryan's birthday was on February 2. Since then he has also asked customers of the family's import company – which manufactures products for pets – to donate money.
"We told people what Bryan wants to do and he's inspired people to get involved," his father Daniels-Fok said.
Bryan last week handed over an amount of R4 090 to Rhino SA at his crèche in Glenvista, south of Johannesburg.