Poachers Continue to Kill The Nearly Extinct Species,
Cut Off Their Horns and Leave Them to Die

Key References:

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• Catastrophe Map: Link to extinction listings

The Javan Rhinoceros is a critically endangered species from Southeast Asia. With less than sixty of them left they are the most highly endangered rhino in the world. These rhinos are much smaller than the more common white rhinos. At only ten to eleven feet long they can be up to five feet shorter than white rhinos at up to fifteen feet long. The black rhinoceros currently has approximately eleven thousand rhinos compared to the Javan rhino’s sixty. Unfortunately, there are no Javan rhinos in captivity so conservation is not going well. The main reason for the decrease in Javan rhinoceros population is poaching for their horns. Rhinos are shot mostly for their horns and nothing else, then left to die in extreme pain.