The State of the Rhino Report, 2023
October 1 , 2023
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- The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) published the report named State of the Rhino, 2023.
- Poaching still threatens all five rhino species and has increased in several regions that had not previously been targeted.
- Black rhino populations are increasing despite constant poaching pressure.
- In Africa, climate change-induced drought is causing myriad detrimental impacts.
- In Asia dramatically increased precipitation and longer monsoon periods could cause more direct deaths of rhinos.
- India is estimated to be home to 3,262 rhinos.
- Greater one-horned rhinos in India and Nepal continue to thrive due to strong protection.
- The status and whereabouts of 12 of the approximately 76 remaining Javan rhinos are unknown.
- Sumatran rhinos are also increasingly difficult to find, raising uncertainty about their population in the wild.
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