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‘Year of the Rhino’ Declared to Save Species

by OurAmazingPlanet staff

Alarm over the fate of the two rarest rhinoceros species — the Javan and Sumatran rhinos — has prompted Indonesian President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono to announce efforts to preserve the animals and to declare today (June 5) the beginning of the “International Year of the Rhino.”

As part of the effort, Indonesian officials will take action to move animals into protected habitats and improve these areas to allow for their survival.

The announcement, made at the request of the International Union for Conservation of Nature and other conservation groups, follows Indonesian efforts to establish a rhino task force to enforce the protection and monitoring of remaining rhino populations, according to a IUCN statement…

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(images: T - Sumatran Rhino, International Rhino Foundation (IRF) - Bill Konstant; B - Javan Rhino, ©WWF-Greater Mekong)