Black rhino numbers fell from about 100,000 in the mid-20th century to fewer than 2,400 due to unregulated hunting, poaching, and habitat loss.
Sources
- Measuring black rhino recovery (worldwildlife.org)
- https://speciesstatus.sanbi.org/assessment/last-assessment/2019/ (speciesstatus.sanbi.org)
- https://www.cnn.com/science/gallery/black-rhino-photos-c2e-spc/index.html (cnn.com)
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- https://www.africanparks.org/save-rhinos (africanparks.org)
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