Unearth

Every year September 22 is marked as the World Rhino Day. The Day provides an opportunity for the public, different conservation organizations and institutions to celebrate rhinos in their own unique ways. According to Kenya Wildlife Service, rhino population in Kenya stood at 1,258 by end of 2017, of this 745 are black rhinos. All of the world’s rhino species are under threat, predominantly for their horn. Rhinos are one of the over 16,306 endangered species in the world. Save The Rhino, an international organization that works to conserve all five rhino species cite black rhinos as the third most endangered rhino species. The International Union of the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) lists the species as “critically endangered” noting that its numbers have fallen more than 97 per cent since the 1960s. They have all come to this point from the recklessness of human through habitat loss, hunting and pollution. Rhinos play a big role in their ecosystem and their survival