Rhino Decline Shock

Authors

Andrew N. Rowan, WellBeing InternationalFollow

Abstract

The Kruger National Park in South Africa is home to the largest population of wild rhinos in the world. But a 2019 census documenting a dramatic decline in the Kruger rhino population in just ten years has shocked rhino conservation organizations. The park last conducted a census of its rhino population in 2010 when it estimated that there were over 10,000 rhinos in the park (mostly the southern white rhino but also including a few hundred southern black rhino). But the latest census estimates there are now only 3,500 white rhinos and 270 black rhinos in the park – a 70% decline in just ten years!

Recommended Citation

Rowan, Andrew N. (2021) "Rhino Decline Shock," WellBeing News: Vol. 3: Iss. 3, Article 1.
Available at: https://www.wellbeingintlstudiesrepository.org/wbn/vol3/iss3/1