![]() ![]() A rare Javan hawk-eagle was spotted in an undisclosed place in Java on March 9, 2018. The species is used to roam free throughout Southeast Asia, but poaching for the horn - highly prized in traditional Chinese medicine - and land encroaching have driven it into near extinction. Javan rhinos are distinct to their African cousins, having only one horn and smaller in size, on average. There were 73 Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park, consisting of 40 male Javan rhinos and 33 female Javan rhinos today, the ministry said. Ujung Kulon is the last remaining wild habitat for the extremely rare species, providing more than 5,100 hectares of protected rainforest for the rhinos. The ministry said the births showed the "success of policies to protect Javan rhino habitat in the national park area." The male Javan rhinoceros calf, on the other hand, was born to a mother called Palasari and was estimated to be one year old, the ministry said. The ministry said the female Javan rhino was born to a rhino called Ambu, which also gave birth to another calf in 2017. The Environment and Forestry Ministry said in the statement that camera traps had spotted a male and a female Javan rhino (Rhinoceros sondaicus) calves in Ujung Kulon since March. Hopefully this animal will be saved and remain on the earth for future generations to see and be amazed at."We must together support the conservation of Indonesian animals," Wiratno said in a statement on Saturday. Conservation efforts to save the Indian Rhinos were also a great success, with less than forty at one point there are now thousands. At one point there were only about four White Rhinos left in the wild and now Success in saving other types of Rhinos there is hope for the Javan Rhinos. However, there are so few left that finding unrelated mates is a difficult task. This amazing animal back from the brink of extinction. There are dedicated conservationists and scientist who are doing their best to bring ![]() What is the fate of the Javan Rhino? This is still to be determined. They are protecting them from poachers, providing the correct food for them, and trying to promote breeding among unrelated members of the species. There are several conservation groups, including The World Wildlife Fund and the Defenders of Wildlife, who are trying to prevent these amazing animals from becoming extinct.At one point there were rewards given out by the government for killing these rhinos who caused Their numbers have dropped drastically since the 1700's.Poaching and the encroachment of people into their habitats are the main reasons the Javan Rhino is endangered.The horns are sold on the black market for use as decorations or for medicinal purposes. The exact number is not known because they roam free in the rainforest of the huge Ujung Kulon National Park in Java Indonesia. Out of the thousands of Javan Rhinos that once roamed the rainforest of the earth only a handful are left perhaps forty or fifty. ![]()
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