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Return to the wild for farm rhinos

CONSERVATION

With all the terrible news on climate change, it’s easy to lose track of what’s happening with particular species. So, in case you missed it, a new report has bad news for Earth’s five surviving species of rhino.

Poaching for rhino horn continues to threaten populations of rhino in Africa, and the two smallest and most endangered species of rhino – the Sumatran and the Javan rhino – tread closer to being unable to sustain themselves in the wild, due to habitat loss and low population sizes.

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