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Endemic species: Top 9 lonely animals

Endemic species: Top 9 lonely animals

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MBRO 05/02/2010 00:38 AM

Poaching is awful. I wish that more could be done to stop the people that do this from doing it. How can someone do something so awful just for money?

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Matt 05/01/2010 21:40 PM

Why do people collect rhino horns? Every of your possession will turn into dust in the end, if you can even live that long to witness it.

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Rhinos of Java

Javan rhinos used to be the most widespread Asian rhinoceroses on the planet but have been hunted to near extinction. The best estimates put the remaining numbers at less than 100. The few Javan rhinos left in the wild live in two small and separate national parks — none live in zoos. The animals are valued by poachers for their horns which can fetch as much as $30,000 per kilogram on the black market. The future does not look good for this rhino — those that aren't killed by poachers can look forward to a uncertain future of disease and health problems caused by inbreeding. Rhinos don't do well in zoos in general, and the Javans have fared even worse; the last captive died in an Australian zoo in 1907.
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