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Asianic or african rhinoceros12/15/2023 That growth rate has slowed to 3% in 2021. Population growth averaged 5% per year according to the 2015 survey. The increase in Nepal’s greater one-horned rhino population is encouraging, but there are ongoing concerns. The census was originally scheduled for 2020, but was delayed due to COVID-19 mitigation efforts. Nepal completed a new nationwide census for greater one-horned rhinos and the population now stands at 752, an increase of 107 from the previous survey in 2015. In 2020, there were only two recorded losses in the state of Assam in India, the region with the largest greater one-horned rhino population, continuing the successful downward trend in poaching losses. Strict protection by government authorities and forestry officials in India and Nepal has resulted in several years of poaching declines. In India and Nepal, the greater one-horned rhino population, which once numbered as low as 100 individuals in the early 1900s, has increased to more than 3,700. Strasburg, VA – The International Rhino Foundation (IRF) published its annual signature report, State of the Rhino, providing current population estimates and trends, where available as well as key challenges and conservation developments for the five surviving rhino species in Africa and Asia. Poaching again on the increase after 2020’s decline. Greater one-horned, black, and Javan rhinos increase while white and Sumatran rhinos decline. The International Rhino Foundation Releases 2021 State of the Rhino Report
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