Beautiful But Endangered – The Eastern Black Rhino : The eastern black rhino is a beautiful but endangered animal. There are only about 600 eastern black rhinos left in the world, and all of them reside in Rwanda. In the past they were very common, but now they can only be found in one place – the Volcanoes National Park in Rwanda. Unfortunately poaching is a big threat to these animals’ survival. Poachers hunt them for their horns to make traditional medicines. These poachers kill both adult and baby rhinos. When the baby rhinos aren’t killed, they are used as bait to attract the adult rhinos so they can be captured and killed for their horns. This is a very cruel way to kill them, and it puts the entire species at risk. In order to protect the rhinos, the government has put a ban on hunting them and introduced a variety of measures to protect them from poachers. Even though these measures have significantly reduced poaching in the park, there are still too many poachers for them to handle. If the poaching doesn’t stop then the rhinos will eventually become extinct. It would be terrible to lose such a beautiful animal forever!
The eastern black rhino is a rare subspecies of the black rhino that is native to Africa. This species once lived throughout most of Sub-Saharan Africa, but is now mostly confined to a single area in East Africa – Rwanda’s Volcanoes National Park. They were once very abundant, but their population has been steadily declining over the past few decades due to habitat loss and hunting. Today there are only about 600 eastern black rhinos left in the world, and they are considered to be one of the most endangered species on the planet. To help save the rhinos from extinction, the government of Rwanda has taken a number of measures to protect the animals from hunters and poachers. Thanks to these efforts, the population of rhinos in Rwanda has been slowly increasing in recent years. However, there is still a long way to go before they are completely secure. There is still a lot of work to be done in order to save this species from extinction. If the current rate of decline continues, they could be gone within a few decades. This would be a huge loss to biodiversity and to the human race as a whole. Anyone who cares about preserving and protecting our planet should do whatever they can to help the conservation of these magnificent creatures.
There are many species of rhino that live in Africa, including western and black rhinos. The black rhino is also known as the “greater one-horned rhinoceros”. There are several subspecies of black rhino alive today, including the white or square-lipped black rhino (Diceros bicornis), the southern black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor), the northern black rhino (Diceros bicornis longipes), and the eastern black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor). Of these four species, the eastern black rhino is the only one that is critically endangered.
You can enjoy seeing these large mammals at iby’wachu hutte or at the mauwezi crater lake park. you can find them all over the park and if you are lucky, you might get to see them up close in their natural habitat. these animals are gentle giants and they make wonderful company while hiking through the forests of Rwanda.
It is up to us to protect these gentle mammals from being hunted for sport or killed for their horns. The horns are made from keratin just like our hair and fingernails. Horns are useless as weapons or for medicinal purposes. Once they are cut off, the animal dies a slow and painful death. Killing these animals for their horns not only destroys their habitat but it also puts the survival of the entire species at risk.
