Listing white rhinos as endangered could save all rhinos, conservationists say

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The measure will put under the act’s protection the last remaining unprotected species of rhinoceros, a move that the organization says could help protect the other four highly endangered species of rhinos – black, Sumatran, Indian, and Javan – from poaching.

src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAAre5G1Zl2EOmEoT_eCFiC1PvkIFViCIcQSYTTZbul6f4SuxKgmfmvr7_C1ZuY4-Ebk9As3piAjwU05lABejZ-970GUwYuxbCZrz4JE2Zsd0xK44d1ueN3bWAu0EKoEIUN7zkffE70uKL/s320/rhino.jpg" title="rhino" width="320">The southern white rhino is not as close to extinction as its four cousins, with about 20,000 white rhinos in protected areas and private game reserves in four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. (The southern white rhino is actually a subspecies of white rhino; its northern counterpart is believed extinct in the wild.)

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