(ENDANGERED SPECIES/RHINOS) For the first time in 26 years, seven Sumatran rhinos were spotted on hidden camera in Indonesia’s Mount Leuser National Park. As the Sumatran rhino population has dropped 50 percent over the past 20 years, conservationists feared the critically endangered species had completely disappeared from the region. In fact, there are now believed to be fewer than 200 rhinos left in the entire world. We hope that this discovery will encourage more efforts to conserve the species. Read on to learn more about this victorious discovery. — Global Animal
Seven critically endangered Sumatran rhinos have been photographed by hidden cameras in Indonesia. Photo Credit: AFP
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Seven Sumatran rhinos have been captured on hidden cameras in an Indonesian national park where the critically endangered species was feared extinct, a conservationist said Thursday.
The Sumatran rhino had not been sighted in the Mount Leuser National Park on the northern tip of Sumatra for 26 years, the project’s team leader Tarmizi of the Leuser International Foundation said.
“This discovery can allay doubts over the rhino’s presence in the park,” Tarmizi told AFP, adding he hoped the discovery would encourage more efforts to conserve the species.
Images of the rhinos were captured by 28 infrared cameras set up between June 2011 and April this year and confirmed six female and one male rhino appearing in 1,000 photo frames.
The Sumatran rhino population has dropped 50 percent over the past 20 years, and there are now believed to be fewer than 200 left in the world.
The rhinos are commonly targeted by poachers and rampant illegal logging has destroyed much of their habitat.
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When are humans going to stop acting like the cancer of the earth… Jeez
.. great you news… also kudos that you reported where … just forgot to give the exact address and GPS locator for poachers to finally make them extint …. c’mon poeple…..
Profoundly sad, how we’ve managed to just about eliminate a whole specie.