Browsing the archives for the Javan Rhino category
Critically endangered Javan rhinos living in Ujung Kulon National Park will soon have more room to roam – and hopefully, breed.
Plans to establish a second habitat for Ujung Kulon’s Javan rhinos are moving forward, and rhino experts are hopeful that the increased area will entice these shy creatures to increase their numbers by 2015.
The current [...]
Dung-sniffing dogs have confirmed that Javan rhinos are indeed still surviving in Vietnam.
The WWF survey of Vietnam’s Javan rhino population is off to a promising start: Two dung piles and recent footprints!
A comprehensive survey to gather genetic data about the last Javan rhino population in Vietnam kicks off in November 2009.
WWF announced earlier this week that a comprehensive survey of Cat Tien’s Javan rhino population will begin next month and continue until April 2010. The purpose of the study is to gather urgently needed genetic data [...]
A recent study has revealed that the critically endangered Javan rhino faces even more threats than previously thought.
Today, only around 50 Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) remain inside Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park. And, according to the latest study by the Indonesian Rhino Foundation (YABI), now these rhinos can add food shortages, water scarcity, and the [...]
The last population of approximately 50 Javan Rhinos in Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park is to be divided into two groups in hopes of encouraging them to breed.
There is just one population of about 50 Javan Rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) still surviving in Ujung Kulon NP, and experts believe the numbers will increase if a second [...]
Inside Cat Tien National Park, Vietnam, a rare subspecies of the critically endangered Javan Rhino still survives. Once thought to be extinct, it is estimated that there are only 3 – 5 of these delicate creatures left in the world.
The rhinos in Cat Tien NP have endured ruthless slaughter for their horns and annihilation of [...]
Thanks to superstition-fueled demand for rhino in China for thousands of years, the Western black rhino was declared extinct in 2007.
Now, Javan rhino numbers hover at only 60 – 70 in Indonesia, and only 5 – 7 individual Javan rhinos (the Vietnamese subspecies) remain in Vietnam.
Four Javan Rhino calves have reportedly been sighted in Ujung Kulon National Park!
