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Zoology in 30 seconds: conservation and extinction.Endangered orangutan numbers starting to stabilise thanks to conservation efforts.While poaching of African rhinos continues to be the main threat to the two species, the IUCN said the strong counter-measures taken by range states, private landowners and communities in recent years are having a positive effect. Meanwhile, Africa’s other rhino species, the white rhino, continues to be categorised as Near Threatened on the IUCN Red List. The south-western black rhino, a subspecies of the black rhino, has seen sufficient population growth over the last three generations to be newly categorised as Near Threatened, the IUCN said. But the other two surviving subspecies, the South-eastern and Eastern, both remain Critically Endangered due to drastic declines between the 1970s and 1990s. Population models predict a further slow increase over the next five years, according to the IUCN update. Scientists fake rhino horn from horse hair to flood illegal market.Northern white rhino embryo could save all-female subspecies from extinction.It is essential that the ongoing anti-poaching measures and intensive, proactive population management continue, with support from national and international actors.” Dr Grethel Aguilar, acting director general of IUCN, said: “While Africa’s rhinos are by no means safe from extinction, the continued slow recovery of Black Rhino populations is a testament to the immense efforts made in the countries the species occurs in, and a powerful reminder to the global community that conservation works.”īut she added: “At the same time, it is evident that there is no room for complacency as poaching and illegal trade remain acute threats.
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