The decline of the rhino population in Sabah has been documented in detail for the first time in this new study.
The researchers used mathematical models to reconstruct
the decline of the rhino population in the Tabin Wildlife Reserve (TWR) in the Malayan state Sabah of Borneo.
Not exact matches
The Sumatran
rhino has disappeared altogether and the country has seen a steady
decline in the number
of Malayan tigers.
The reasons for the catastrophic
decline of the Sumatran
rhinos have not been previously clear.
The
decline in the male white
rhino population over time is attributed to the poaching crisis
of the 1970s and 1980s that took place in various African countries.
On a sadder note, the NFL
declined to allow the use
of any
of their logos, resulting in the formation
of the fictional AFFA, which includes teams like the Sharks, the Crusaders, the Knights, the Americans, the
Rhinos, and other manly man names.
Each creature's fleshy analogue has found itself and its comrades on some watch list for nigh extinction: the seas have run dangerously low
of our gilled friends; nearly all the world's
rhinos have been shot for trophies by some member
of the Trump family or their kind; and orca and shark populations have
declined precipitously.
It could be also argued that global warming could have caused the
decline of the black
rhino in the late 20th century, as warmer temperatures might have affected the growth patterns
of African grasslands (see, even I can write this sort
of stuff.)
The results revealed that wildlife loss outpaced the rate
of deforestation, and that large, commercially valuable wildlife such as Sumatran tigers,
rhinos and elephants
declined faster than small primates and deer, which are only hunted as crop raiders or for subsistence.
Rhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in the
Rhinos Nearing Extinction After 50 Years
of Poaching Rhino poaching, often practiced to remove the animal's horn, has helped cause an extraordinary
decline in populations throughout Africa and Asia — for example, there is thought to be about 130 Javan
rhinos and only 300 Sumatran rhinos left in the
rhinos and only 300 Sumatran
rhinos left in the
rhinos left in the wild.