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Efforts to preserve the Indian rhino have been less succesful, largely owing to poachers in search of rhino horn for the Chinese market. While most remaining populations are in national parks or reserves, poaching continues at a rate which will exterminate the Indian Rhino in the wild long before the end of the century unless this hazard can be controlled.
The Javan rhino is one of the success stories. Thanks to vigorous intervention of SSC and the help of the Geigy Foundation, Ujung Kulon has been provided with a continuing scientific presence, and numbers have increased.
Actions proposed. Ceratotherium simum cottoni 1. Immediate investigation of current situation in Uganda and the Sudan. 2. Translocation of more animals from Ajai reserve in Uganda to Kabalega National Park. On no account should southern white rhinos be introduced into national parks within the range of the northern.
Actions proposed. 1. Urgent steps to safeguard an irreducible minimum of the rain forests of south-east Asia, perhaps by setting up more national parks. 2. An expedition to the Burma-India frontier to determine the species to be found on the Burmese side of that frontier, which could be any one of the three Asian rhinos. 3. A captive-breeding project as a fall-back measure.
