Recently, 15 rhinos were killed in a five month spate of poaching in Nepal, showing us that there is no room for complacency in our battle to save this species, ... Wanted Alive: Asian rhinos in the wild. |
The Asian rhino will only be saved from extinction if we can reduce the pervasive ongoing demand for traditional Asian medicine and restore its shrinking and fragmented habitat. |
Too many people are moving into areas that coincide with elephant habitat. People are dying and elephants are dying. Conservation groups need to reduce the number of deaths on both sides. |
We are seeing very imbalanced sex ratios between males and females, |
We are seeing very imbalanced sex ratios between males and females. |
We know what is in the market place, but we don't know what is in the forest. The markets in Asia are supplied with bear parts, especially in Southeast Asia. While bear numbers in Asia slide downward, bears in the Americas are being increasingly targeted by traders. |