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Conservationists have
cause for celebration over a
in the numbers of the African black rhino. The numbers of the
in the wild have risen by
hundred. The rhinos had been poached to a level of near extinction, but
to protect them have paid dividends. Black rhinos are still endangered and are at
of extinction, but conservationists are
their numbers will continue to grow. The International Union for Conservation of Nature reported that there were 4,845 black rhinos in Africa in 2012. This
rose to around 5,630 in 2018, an
of 2.5 per cent per year over the six years. The Union said the numbers bode
for saving the species.
