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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. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Annamiticus, which publishes news and information about wildlife crime and endangered species. I am the Editor of Rhino Horn is Not Medicine and Project [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
UPDATE 25 OCTOBER 2011: Javan Rhinos Declared Extinct in Vietnam. 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. Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Annamiticus, which [...]
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. [...]
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UPDATE 25 OCTOBER 2011: Javan Rhinos Declared Extinct in Vietnam. 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! Rhishja Cota-LarsonI am the founder of Annamiticus, which publishes news and information [...]
UPDATE 25 OCTOBER 2011: Javan Rhinos Declared Extinct in Vietnam. 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 [...]
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 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 [...]
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