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- Call to let rhinos run free in Australia - Cosmos
But the northern White Rhino is virtually gone The last male died on March 19, and only two females are alive in captivity In recent weeks scientists have used frozen sperm and harvested eggs
- New estimates - the global rhino population is declining | News
Sumatran rhino numbers are of even greater concern While official figures from the Indonesian Government talk of fewer than 80 animals remaining, IUCN’s data suggests there may be only 34-47 individuals left And, unlike Javan rhinos, these animals aren’t in one location
- 20 Fascinating Facts About Rhinos That You Should Know
The word rhinoceros means “horned nose” and they once roamed and made their homes in North America and Europe Now rhinos can only be found in Asia and Africa The first rhinoceros to roam the planet was the Woolly Rhino that lived on earth over 50 million years ago! Today, there are five different kinds of Rhino
- Javan rhinos: Endangered species welcomes two new arrivals
There are fewer than 80 Javan rhinos left in the world so the new calves are hugely important to their population It's important to not only make sure the animals are safe from any threats
- Sumatran rhino | WWF
It currently competes with the Javan rhino for the unenviable title of most threatened rhino species There are more Sumatran rhinos than Javan But there are fewer than 100 and Sumatran rhinos are more threatened by poaching The species was declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia in 2015
- India’s Vulture Crisis: How Biodiversity Loss is Endangering . . .
Speaking to Frontline, Sukumar said: “The one-horned rhinoceros, believed to have numbered about 600 in the 1960s, was found only in Kaziranga in Assam and a few other places such as Jaldapara in West Bengal Today, the rhino population is over 2,600 in Kaziranga alone, apart from significant increases in other places ”
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