Wild Rhino Population Increases

This figure shows that the population of rhinoceros horn one is recovering.

The number of rhinos that live in the wild in Nepal rises. The number has now exceeded 500 fish. Note it is the first time since the civil war that led to rampant poaching of endangered animals that.

From a survey conducted by environmentalists for the past month, in the jungle in southern Nepal today there are 534 rhinos tail. Compared with similar surveys conducted in 2008, the figure rose by 99 tail.

This figure shows that the population of rhinoceros horn is recovering after declining sharply during the civil war between the years 1996 to 2006. At that time, the army should be deployed to prevent illegal hunting was forced to leave his job because they have to crush the guerrillas.

According Maheshwor Dhakal, ecologists from the National Parks Department, Nepal, the recovery of rhino population is the result of improvements in law enforcement and the increasing understanding of the importance of rhino conservation among the local population.

"The government is delighted with this positive outcome despite a number of challenges in dealing with illegal hunting and protect the habitat of rhinos still exist," Dhakal said, as quoted from Physorg, 26 April 2011.

For information, rhinoceros horns one could master the plains of Nepal and northern India. However, the numbers shrink further, especially in the period of the last century due to hunting and destructive behavior by man on rhino habitat.

Rhinoceros horns themselves being hunted because they are very expensive, especially for use as traditional medicines in China and Southeast Asian countries.

One rhino horn can sell for tens of thousands of U.S. dollars on the international black market. Poor security in the border area of Nepal, weak law enforcement and proximity to China makes the region a center of illegal trade in rhino horn.