Today (22 September) is World Rhino Day.
This day is about celebrating the five rhino species in the world on September 22! The 5 species are: Black, White, Sumatran, Javan and Greater One Horned Rhino. We need to celebrate the rhino and highlight the efforts to debunk the medicinal myths about rhino horn so we can put an end to the demand for rhino horn.
Of the surviving Rhinos in Africa, 82% live in South Africa. It has been documented that one rhino is killed every 8 hours. At this rate soon there will be no rhino left anywhere in the world!
I'm from Tulbagh, Western Cape, South Africa. Tulbagh is a small farming community.
Get Pushed Challenge: I have been doing this challenge on and off...
I had a hard time thinking of a challenge, so i played off the tag challenge and picked two random tags: green and sea... What do you think?
Ill try to do abstract, but I'm not very good at it. I suppose thats the point of challenges ;)
@zosimasy the sea tag might be difficult as I don't have it nearby. There's a slight possibility I can do something today, otherwise I'm sure I can dream up something that can be associated with the sea!
Although some of you may already be aware of the facts around the plight of Rhinoceros, I decide to tag everyone who commented!
All five rhino species are threatened with extinction: Africa’s black rhinos are critically endangered, with a population under 5,000. The 3,000 one-horned rhinos of India and Nepal are endangered, while Southeast Asia’s Sumatran and Javan rhinos number only in the hundreds and tens, respectively and are also critically endangered. At around 20,000, the southern white rhino is most numerous, with the vast majority living in South Africa.
Although habitat loss is an important consideration, the main threat to rhinos is poaching. Rhino horn is a highly valued component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, practiced in China, Vietnam and other parts of East Asia. Hundreds of rhinos are killed illegally for their horns every year.
HSI (Humane Society International) is working to improve international and domestic laws and regulations, to increase enforcement of existing protective measures, and to convince consumers of Traditional Chinese Medicine that the use of rhino horn is ineffective and unnecessary and is threatening the survival of these fascinating animals.
Asian rhinos are at enormous risk. The Javan and Sumatran rhinos of Southeast Asia are already on the brink of extinction. Around 300 Sumatran rhinos live in Indonesia and Malaysia, and a population of around 50 Javan rhinos clings on in Indonesia. Fewer than 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos remain in Nepal and northeastern India. In Africa, Kenya’s black rhinos have been reduced in number from around 20,000 animals in the 1970s to approximately 500 today. Zimbabwe’s populations of white and black rhinos are being heavily targeted. South Africa is home to 70 percent of the world’s remaining rhinos, thanks mainly to the successful repopulation of southern white rhinos from a few individuals at the turn of the 20th century that has grown to some 20,000 animals today. The far less numerous black rhinos number no more than 5,000 animals, with the biggest populations located in Namibia, South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. - Information from Humane Society International. There is a lot more information given on the following websites: http://www.hsi.org/issues/rhinoceros_poaching/facts/threats_to_rhinos.html and http://www.hsi.org/issues/rhinoceros_poaching/facts/rhino_horn_trade.html
Hopefully these magnificent animals can be saved from extinction!
Ill try to do abstract, but I'm not very good at it. I suppose thats the point of challenges ;)
Although some of you may already be aware of the facts around the plight of Rhinoceros, I decide to tag everyone who commented!
All five rhino species are threatened with extinction: Africa’s black rhinos are critically endangered, with a population under 5,000. The 3,000 one-horned rhinos of India and Nepal are endangered, while Southeast Asia’s Sumatran and Javan rhinos number only in the hundreds and tens, respectively and are also critically endangered. At around 20,000, the southern white rhino is most numerous, with the vast majority living in South Africa.
Although habitat loss is an important consideration, the main threat to rhinos is poaching. Rhino horn is a highly valued component of Traditional Chinese Medicine, practiced in China, Vietnam and other parts of East Asia. Hundreds of rhinos are killed illegally for their horns every year.
HSI (Humane Society International) is working to improve international and domestic laws and regulations, to increase enforcement of existing protective measures, and to convince consumers of Traditional Chinese Medicine that the use of rhino horn is ineffective and unnecessary and is threatening the survival of these fascinating animals.
Asian rhinos are at enormous risk. The Javan and Sumatran rhinos of Southeast Asia are already on the brink of extinction. Around 300 Sumatran rhinos live in Indonesia and Malaysia, and a population of around 50 Javan rhinos clings on in Indonesia. Fewer than 3,000 greater one-horned rhinos remain in Nepal and northeastern India. In Africa, Kenya’s black rhinos have been reduced in number from around 20,000 animals in the 1970s to approximately 500 today. Zimbabwe’s populations of white and black rhinos are being heavily targeted. South Africa is home to 70 percent of the world’s remaining rhinos, thanks mainly to the successful repopulation of southern white rhinos from a few individuals at the turn of the 20th century that has grown to some 20,000 animals today. The far less numerous black rhinos number no more than 5,000 animals, with the biggest populations located in Namibia, South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. - Information from Humane Society International. There is a lot more information given on the following websites: http://www.hsi.org/issues/rhinoceros_poaching/facts/threats_to_rhinos.html and http://www.hsi.org/issues/rhinoceros_poaching/facts/rhino_horn_trade.html
Hopefully these magnificent animals can be saved from extinction!