Hunting the Black Rhino

Question 1

Where does the black rhino live?

Answer 1

Southern Africa in dry habitat

Question 2

What threats are currently causing rhinos to decline?

Answer 2

Poaching, habitat loss, human-rhino conflict, hunting and civil unrest

Question 3

What are some rasons why we should try to understand the behavior of rhinos and animals in general, to manage their populations?

Answer 3

used to provide the most appropriate animal care and environment for the species
how to hand rear them
their health and stress patterns so that these can be managed

Question 4

What are three alternatives to conserve and increase rhinos that aren’t the sale of hunting tags?

Answer 4

moving rhinos from parks with large populations to ones with smaller populations but that used to have larger ones
working with rangers to stop poaching
aerial population surveys to stop poachers and monitor rhino mortality
helping communities