Last week 22 September 2013 we celebrated Rhino Day, that's not just a ordinary day, because the fact is, rhino become endangered animals especially Javan Rhino.
The Javan Rhino is one of the world's most endangered mammals and the Vietnamese Javan Rhino is the second of three subspecies to go extinct. The Indian Javan Rhinoceros disappeared sometimes before 1925. The only remaining subspecies - the Indonesian Javan Rhino exist only on a small portion of the indonesian island of Java. Rhino populations are targeted primarily for their horns, which are believed to cure a number of diseases and ailments from cancer to hangovers. In reality, the rhino horn - made of keratin (the same protein that makes up our hair and fingernails) - has no proven medicinal value. Still, the horns demand a high price in the black markets of Vietnam and China.
The WWF and International Rhino Foundation said the country last Javan Rhino was probably killed by poachers, as its horn had been cut off.
Experts said that the news was not a surprise, only one sighting had been recorded in Vietnam since 2008.
Fewer than 50 individuals are now estimated to remain in the wild.
"It is painful that despite significant investment in Vietnamese Rhino conservation, efforts failed to save this unique mammals,"said WWF's director Tran Thi Minh Hien.
"Vietnam has lost part of its natural heritage."
The authors of the report, Extinction of Javan Rhinofrom Vietnam, said genetic analysis of dung samples collected between 2009-2010 in the Cat Tien National Park Showed that they all belonged to just one individual.
Shortly after survey was completed, conservationist found out that the rhino had been killed. They said it was likely to have been the work of poachers because it had been shot in a leg and its horn had been cut off.
Globally, there has been a sharp increase in the number of rhino poaching cases. Earlier this year, the Internation Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) publish a report that said rhino population in Africa were facing their worst poaching crisis for decades.
Now after we know about this news and realize that this just wait for the time untill the rhino become a list of extinct animal, we have to prepare as soon as we can to face a poachers and make a tactics and research for help this unique species.
SAY NO TO RHINO POACHERS!!
Source:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-15430787
http://news.wildlife.org/featured/vietnamese-javan-rhino-extinct/
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