
Rhinos are in A
Crisis
AT THE START OF THE 20TH CENTURY

500,000
RHINOS ROAMED THE WILD
BY 1970, THE WORLDWIDE POPULATION FELL TO

70,000
TODAY, THE NUMBER OF RHINOS SURVIVING IN THE WORLD IS JUST UNDER

28,000

WHITE RHINO
17,464

GREATER ONE HORNED RHINO
4,014

Black Rhino
6,421
all population estimates provided by IUCN
*Javan rhino estimate reflects the last IUCN estimate of 76 minus the 26 rhinos reported poached by Indonesian authorities

Sumatran Rhino
34-47

Javan Rhino
50*
4 of 5 species remaining Are
threatened with extinction
3 of those are critically
endangered, which means they
could go extinct in our lifetime