Black Rhino Calf Born at the Saint Louis Zoo (Photos)

Photo credit: Saint Louis Zoo It’s thought that in the 1970s, 65,000 black rhinos roamed Africa. By the mid-1990s, only an estimated 2,300 survived. This dramatic loss is the largest among any rhino species and protecting those that remain against increasingly well financed and organize poachers is difficult . As bleak as the situation for black rhinos may be, there is still some opportunity for hope. The birth of a black rhino calf at the Saint Louis Zoo —ju… Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Black Rhino Calf Born at the Saint Louis Zoo (Photos)

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