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Orphaned Rhinos Prompt Nepalese Conservationists to Consider Wildlife Rescue...

  Photo courtesy of Suman Bhattarai Although Nepal is a country filled with wildlife richness, orphaned and injured animals often become casualties, due to the current lack of a rescue center and...

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Meet the Species: Greater One-Horned (Indian) Rhino

The greater one-horned rhino (Indian or Nepalese rhino), is the most numerous of the three Asian rhino species. These rhinos number just 2,850 and are surviving in only two countries. Photo courtesy of...

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Meet the Species: White Rhino

Photo courtesy of Kevin Bewick White rhinos (Ceratotherium simum) are currently the most numerous of the five species of rhino, and are divided into two distinct subspecies: The Southern white rhino...

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Scientific Studies Find No Medicinal Value in Rhino Horn

Photo courtesy of Pam Krzyza As one of the most widely recognized animals on our Planet, rhinos are unfortunately also one of the most endangered. Sought after for centuries because of the alleged...

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Meet the Species: Sumatran Rhino

Photo credit: Yayasan Badak Indonesia, photographer Dedi Candra (courtesy of Susie Ellis, IRF) The Sumatran rhino has suffered a 50% decline in numbers over the last 15 years. Sadly, it is now...

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Students in Nepal Take Rhino Conservation Awareness by the Horns!

Rhino conservation efforts in Nepal received a big boost in awareness, thanks to the formation of “Eco-Clubs” in schools located in the Chitwan National Park Buffer Zone. It was the grassroots efforts...

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Celebrate Rhinos on World Rhino Day!

Photo: Clockwise, from upper left: Greater one-horned rhino, Sumatran rhino, black rhino, white rhino. If you love rhinos, you’ll be excited to know that World Rhino Day is almost here! September 22nd...

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Extinction of Vietnamese Javan Rhino Confirmed

Photo © WWF-Greater Mekong A tragic loss for the wildlife community, our planet, and future generations: The extinction of the Javan rhino subspecies, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus, has been...

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