Black rhinoceros

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Oxpecker bird, ready to hunt for parasites, flies toward a big rhinoceros.

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Photo about a black rhinoceros aka hook-lipped rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at Zoo Dvur Kralove in Eastern Bohemia, Czech Republic. Image of diceros, bicornis, hook - 354928

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Fewer than 5,000 black rhinos are thought to exist in the wild, but the Dallas Safari Club is auctioning off a permit to hunt one down. It says the controversial fundraiser is a conservation effort.

Critically Endangered Just over 5,000 individuals in the wild – Population slowly increasing Black rhinos remain victims of heavy and sophisticated poaching activity, particularly in South Africa, yet their numbers continue to slowly increase despite this ongoing threat. Normal reproduction appears to have offset mortality to some degree and populations across the species’ range have actually remained relatively stable or even increased thanks to staunch anti-poaching efforts. Presently, the…