The most endangered rhinoceros

That is the latest information published by the International Fund for Nature (WWF) on January 4, 2010.

One horned rhinoceros - Photo: Discovery

According to the Telegraph (UK), one-horn rhino (the Javan rhino, Rhinoceros sondaicus ) is listed in the Critically Endangered (CR) category of the National Nature Reserve's 2009 Red List. IUCN.

It is considered to be one of the largest endangered mammals in the world, only two populations that exist in nature are in Indonesia and Vietnam with 'population' of less than 60 fish. can.

People who hunt rhinos in a horn are blameless because their products are 'highly appreciated' in traditional Asian medicine, in addition to the one-horn rhino habitat that is increasingly narrowed by the locals. The way to get agricultural land is thought to be the cause of the highest risk of extinction.

WWF has been involved in assisting rangers in protecting and conserving one-horn rhinos since 1998, conducting 'population' surveys, raising awareness of the importance of rhino one horn to the local community. direction.

In November 2009, WWF researchers collaborated with forest rangers to use two professional dogs brought from the US to search for a single horned Vietnamese rhinoceros (the Vietnamese Javan rhinoceros, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus ) in the forests of South Vietnam. They predict about 10 individuals still exist in this area.

List of WWF's 10 most endangered animals: tiger, polar bear, Pacific trailer, Magellan penguin, leather turtle, bluefin tuna, mountain gorilla, monarch butterfly, one-horn rhino and big panda.