Black Rhino Calf Born at the Saint Louis Zoo (Photos)
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Photo credit: Saint Louis Zoo
It’s thought that in the 1970s, 65,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. By the mid-1990s, only an estimated 2,300 survived. This dramatic loss is the largest among any rhino species and protecting those that remain against increasingly well financed and organize poachers is difficult.
As bleak as the situation for black rhinos may be, there is still some opportunity for hope. The birth of a black rhino calf at the Saint Louis Zoo—ju…Read the full story on TreeHugger
