Stand Up For Sumatran Rhinos is a photograph by Miroslava Jurcik which was uploaded on November 22nd, 2016.
Stand Up For Sumatran Rhinos
No more than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in very small and highly fragmented populations in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia and Malaysia the only... more
Title
Stand Up For Sumatran Rhinos
Artist
Miroslava Jurcik
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Photograph
Description
No more than 100 Sumatran rhinos survive in very small and highly fragmented populations in Southeast Asia, with Indonesia and Malaysia the only significant range countries. The largest populations of wild rhinos are found in Bukit Barisan Selatan, Gunung Leuser, and Way Kambas National Parks in Sumatra, Indonesia; there is also a small population in Kalimantan, Borneo. The species was recently declared extinct in the wild in Malaysia.
The main cause of the initial decline of Sumatran rhinos was poaching for horn, which is used in traditional Chinese medicine. Now, the populations are also limited by living in fragmented habitats which prevent their ability to get together to breed; rhino habitat is also continuously encroached by human populations.
In the two national parks where the RPUs operate, no Sumatran rhinos are known to have been poached in more than 7 years.
You can read more here : http://rhinos.org/where-we-work/sumatran-rhino-conservation-program/
Half of all profits from Taronga Zoo and parade picture will be donated to Taronga for wildlife !
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November 22nd, 2016
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Comments (15)
Phyllis Kaltenbach
Congratulations, Your wonderful image has been Featured on Fuzzy Warm and Soft, in Honor of the great work that is being done by the Taronga Zoo, for Wildlife in Australia. Wonderful, Miroslava!
Rainbow Artist Orlando L
Absolutely a striking image of the Rhino sculpture!! the rhino totally worth our biggest effort to save them. last time i read an article about the rhino, i have learned that there is only 1 male rhino left in the entire world! and i keep telling myself it cannot be true it cannot be true!! i don't want it to be the truth….. i just hope it is not too late for us to try to increase their numbers… when i win the lottery, the first thing i will do is to buy a tons of all your zoo parade images so that you can donate to this wonderful cause!! L/F
Miroslava Jurcik replied:
I know the Northern White rhino, there are only 4 left, maybe it was just one male, its shocking, but most importantly we have to talk about it and teach people especially in Asian countries who still believe that rhino horn is a medicine. If the market dries up, so will the killings !!
Michele Myers
Congratulations, your striking images have been featured by the Philanthropic Artists for a Cause Who Donate Pixels/FAA Proceeds or Original Art Group, Miroslava! Thank you for your support of the Taronga wildlife fund - L!
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