1. ENDANGERED ANIMAL RHINOCEROS
A POWERPOINT PRESENTATION
BY ANANT JAIN

2. Rhinos – Under Danger

3. The Indian Rhinoceros or the Great One-horned Rhinoceros or the Asian One-horned Rhinoceros (Rhinoceros unicorns) is a large mammal primarily found in north-eastern India and Nepal

4. The beautiful rhino's are getting extinct !
The world rhino population has fallen by more than 90 percent in the past 30 years.

5. DO YOU KNOW ??
The Indian Rhinoceros can run at speeds of up to 25 mph (40 km/h) for short periods of time and is also an excellent swimmer.
It has excellent senses of hearing and smell, but relatively poor eyesight

6. MORE ABOUT RHINO
Today, about 3,000 Indian Rhinos live in the wild, 1,800 of which are found in India's Assam alone.
Rhino is a major success of conservation. Only 100 remained in the early 1900s; a century later, their population has increased to about 2500 again, but even so the species is still endangered.
The Indian rhino is illegally poached for its horn

7. SOME MORE INTERESTING FACTS
Better conservation efforts during past years had led to an increase in the rhino population from about 1,550 in 1999 to 1,850 in 2006.
25 RHINOS Killed in Assam in the past 13 months, 20 in Kaziranga
81 RHINOS Died of natural causes in the same period
$35,000 The price of a rhino horn in the international market, mainly in China, where it’s considered an aphrodisiac

8. Jaldapara WLS, West Bengal Gorumara NP, West Bengal
Current status of Indian one-horned rhinoceros in India and Nepal (2004)
Location
Number of rhinos
Total area
Kaziranga NP, Assam
1600 +
430 km2
Royal Chitwan NP, Nepal
600 +
932 km2
Pobitara WLS, Assam 78
16 km2
Jaldapara WLS, West Bengal 65
21 km2
Orang WLS, Assam 46
78 km2
Gorumara NP, West Bengal 32
8.88 km2
Manas NP
Doubtful existence -
Laokhowa WLS
None known

9. THANK YOU
ANANT JAIN
V-E /WING-B