ENDANGERED ANIMAL RHINOCEROS A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION BY ANANT JAIN

Rhinos – Under Danger

The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros or the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicorns) is a large mammal primarily found in north-eastern India and Nepal

The beautiful rhino's are getting extinct ! The world rhino population has fallen by more than 90 percent in the past 30 years.

DO YOU KNOW ?? The Indian Rhinoceros can run at speeds of up to 25 mph (40 km/h) for short periods of time and is also an excellent swimmer. It has excellent senses of hearing and smell, but relatively poor eyesight

MORE ABOUT RHINO Today, about 3,000 Indian Rhinos live in the wild, 1,800 of which are found in India's Assam alone. Rhino is a major success of conservation. Only 100 remained in the early 1900s; a century later, their population has increased to about 2500 again, but even so the species is still endangered. The Indian rhino is illegally poached for its horn

SOME MORE INTERESTING FACTS Better conservation efforts during past years had led to an increase in the rhino population from about 1,550 in 1999 to 1,850 in 2006. 25 RHINOS Killed in Assam in the past 13 months, 20 in Kaziranga 81 RHINOS Died of natural causes in the same period $35,000 The price of a rhino horn in the international market, mainly in China, where it’s considered an aphrodisiac

Jaldapara WLS, West Bengal Gorumara NP, West Bengal Current status of Indian one-horned rhinoceros in India and Nepal (2004) Location Number of rhinos Total area Kaziranga NP, Assam 1600 + 430 km2 Royal Chitwan NP, Nepal 600 + 932 km2 Pobitara WLS, Assam 78 16 km2 Jaldapara WLS, West Bengal 65 21 km2 Orang WLS, Assam 46 78 km2 Gorumara NP, West Bengal 32 8.88 km2 Manas NP Doubtful existence - Laokhowa WLS None known

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