State of Rhino Report 2024
September 25 , 2024
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- The 2024 State of Rhino Report was recently released by the International Rhino Foundation.
- Currently, fewer than 28,000 rhinos remain worldwide across all five species.
- The Greater One-Horned Rhino population has steadily grown from fewer than 100 animals a century ago to around 4,014 today.
- It increased by 20% over the last decade.
- They are found in the Indo-Nepal Terai, northern West Bengal, and Assam.
- In India, the Greater One-Horned Rhino population stood at 3,262 at the end of 2021.
- Over 90% of them are in Kaziranga National Park.
- Rhino’s poaching in Africa increased by 4% from 2022 to 2023.
- At least 586 African rhinos poached in 2023-one every 15 hours.
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