Apart from poaching and habitat loss, climate change-induced droughts have been threatening the rhino population in Africa, pointed out a new report. On the other hand, climate disruptions in Asia can lead to the deaths of rhinos. Increased precipitation, longer monsoons and seasonal floods are already resulting in stranding, drowning …
In a move that is inviting the wrath of animal rights activists, South Africa is seeking permission to trade in white rhino horns. Under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (cites), such trade is prohibited. "If permission is granted, it would enable South Africa to have limited sales …
A fortnight after poachers killed four endangered black rhinos in southeastern Kenya, the Kenya Wildlife Service (kws) claimed that it had arrested one person in possession of three fresh-looking rhino horns. Another person was arrested on suspicion of storing the horns at his house. In November 2001, four black rhino …
After two decades, the rhinoceros is on the comeback trail in Uganda. Two southern white rhinos have arrived at the Entebbe wildlife education centre as part of a project financed by the World Bank to restock the country's national parks. The pachyderm's return to the nation carries forward the steady …
A male and a female rhino died in the Delhi zoo on April 24, 2001. The cause of their deaths is still not clear. Both the rhinos were treated for intestine blockage. 'While the female rhino was undergoing treatment for some time, the male died suddenly,' said B S Bonal, …
poaching and encroachments threaten the 79 sq km Orang National Park ( onp ), habitat of the famous one-horned rhinocerous in Assam. During the last five years, no less than 44 rhinos have fallen prey to poachers, official sources admit. Barring one natural death, the sanctuary, which falls on the …
Poachers are using widespread farm invasion as a pretext to kill Zimbabwe's rarest animal species, wildlife reserve officials and environmentalist stated. "The invasion of hundreds of farms and ranches and inaction on the part of the police have lead to an increase in poaching,' said Graham Connear, who runs a …
Encouraged by the success of rehabilitation programme of one-horned rhinos wildlife officials of Nepal are planning a similar project for arnas (water buffaloes). The project is expected to be implemented next year, after the completion of a detail study. Wildlife activists had recently raised concerns over the dramatic rise in …
There has been a rise in the number of two species of rhinoceros, the black rhino ( Diceros bicornis ) and the white rhino ( Ceratotherium simum ) in Africa, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature ( iucn ) and World Wide Fund for Nature( wwf ). …
Assam, India, is one of the last remaining strongholds of the Indian rhino, an animal that is dependent on conservation because of threats from poaching and destruction of habitat. Field research was carried out in Assam to ascertain the current state of the rhino and to evaluate various threats. This …
Jagatpur, Chitwan January 1, 1999 two cages and trucks are ready. It is for Kumar and Shivaram, two rhinos who have been living in Ghailaghari, an unprotected forest near the Royal Chitwan National Park ( rcnp ) in Nepal. If they were from the wild, taking them would have entailed …
the one-horned rhinoceros at the Kaziranga National Park is facing a serious threat not only from floods in the Brahmaputra river but also from poachers who are hunting down animals trying to escape the deluge. The park is home to 1,500 one-horned rhinos. More than a quarter of the 430 …
The Rhinoceros sonda'icus annami-ticus, a rare and threatened sub-species of Javan rhinos unique to Vietnam, are facing certain extinc-tion. A recently-conducted census of the animals' footprints suggests that their population in Vietnam is down to the last five . "They can survive for only two or three more years unless …
The Great-One-Horned Rhinoceros have been driven into a few pockets of Nepal and eastern India because of dwindling forests, where poachers are hunting them to extinction. A variety of other animals, like the horned owls, Himalayan black bears, tigers and snow leopards are suffering the same fate. They are victims …
Most of the world's rhinoceros populations are concen- trated in six range states: Kenya, Namibia, South Africa and Zimbabwe in Africa; and India and Nepal in Asia. The White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum) and the Black Rhino (Diceras bicomis) inhabit the woodland and the Savannah in sub-Saharan Africa. Populations of the …
The Nepalese government has 'gifted' two one-horned baby rhinos to the Zoological Society of London, UK, and has in the process, violated the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) of which the country is a signatory. Altogether, 25 one-horned rhinos from Nepal have been gifted to different countries …
If the rate at which poaching is going on in the country continues, the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simium cottoni) may soon disappear from the face of the earth. Poachers recently killed a pregnant female white rhino in the Garamba park in northeastern Zaire. With her death, the number of surviving …
THE one-horned rhinos of Kaziranga National Park, Assam, may yet get a fresh lease of life. Park officials, dismayed by poaching incidents, have demanded an additional 400 sq km area to the park to prevent poaching. In 1995 alone, the poachers had killed 25 rhinos. Every year during the floods …
Nepali environmentalists are elated over the comeback of rhinos in Chitwan national park, located 140 km south-west of Kathmandu. Almost wiped out by poachers a decade ago, the 1994 official census noted a revival: there are more than 400 rhinos and about 140 tigers in the reserve now. However, dangers …
ENVIRONMENTALISTS opposing the Convention of International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) decision permitting South Africa to trade in live white rhinos did not have to wait long to see their worst fears come true. Hardly a month after the proposal was passed at the November 1994 CITES convention held in …
The one-horned rhino population in Nepal's Royal Chitwan National Park has crossed the 450 mark despite widespread poaching, a recent rhino census carried out in the park indicates. The eradication of malaria strains in the Chitwan valley in the '60s opened it up for human settlement. The casualty was the …
