Browsing the archives for the Rhinoceros sondaicus tag
Vietnam has been identified as one of the major recipients of rhino horn from South Africa.
The demand for rhino horn in Vietnam has increased substantially over the past few years, and the country is currently considered a significant factor in the illegal rhino horn trade.
Most rhino horn entering Vietnam is sourced from South Africa. Rhino [...]
The new Javan rhino sanctuary next to Ujung Kulon National Park now has an electric fence.
The plan to develop a second habitat for critically endangered Javan rhinos has made significant progress this week with the installation of an electric fence around the new sanctuary and breeding area.
Thanks to the rampant illegal slaughter of rhinos for their horns, rhinos have the unfortunate distinction of being one of the most endangered animals on earth.
Over the last 40 years, the world’s overall rhinoceros population has declined by over 90% – and if not for dedicated conservation efforts over the last 100 years, it [...]
A second critically endangered Javan rhino has been found dead in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon Park has lost another of its critically endangered Javan rhinos.
A second critically endangered Javan rhino carcass has been discovered – this time in Indonesia.
The world’s most threatened large mammal species, the Javan rhino, has suffered a second devastating loss: A carcass was discovered last week in Indonesia’s remote Ujung Kulon National Park.
Last month, one of just a handful of Vietnam’s Javan rhinos was [...]
Ujung Kulon National Park is conducting a population survey of critically endangered Javan Rhinos.
A joint team comprised of field workers from the Indonesian Rhino Foundation, Ujung Kulong National Park, and the Bogor Institute of Forestry has mobilized to carry out the Javan rhino population census in the last remaining home of Rhinoceros sondaicus. It is [...]
In a devastating blow to rhino conservation efforts, poachers have killed a critically endangered Javan rhino.
Cat Tien National Park in Vietnam, home to the one of the world’s rarest mammals, is now the site of a heinous environmental crime: The murder of one of the world’s last Javan rhinos for its horn.
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 [...]
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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!
