Making A Comeback

Wed., Aug. 19, 1998

Africa’s black and white rhinos, two of the world’s five remaining species of rhinoceros, have been increasing steadily due to anti-poaching efforts and conservation strategies, an environmentalist group says. In the last few years, Africa’s black rhino population has increased from 2,550 in 1994 to 2,599 today. The number of white rhinos, meanwhile, grew from 6,784 in 1994 to 8,465 today, according to the World Wildlife Fund. Despite the good news, World Wildlife Fund cautions in a report being released today that the latest figures are no cause for complacency, since rhinoceros populations are still only a fraction of the estimated 1 million that roamed Africa and Asia a century ago.

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