September 22 "World Rhino Conservation Day"

September 22 of each year coincides with World Rhino Day, founded in 2010 by WWF-South Africa to raise awareness for rhinoceros conservation and the importance of the rhinoceros left on Earth. There are currently five rhinoceros species worldwide: Sumatran rhinoceros, Java rhinoceros, black rhinoceros, white rhinoceros and Indian rhinoceros.

Rhinos are land-dwelling mammals and the second largest after elephants, with a body weight of up to 3,500 kilograms and a height of up to 6 feet. Because rhinos are animals whose eyesight is not good, rhinos tend to use sniffing mainly for foraging. In addition, rhinos have a habit of mingling with mud, to unheat and prevent skin nuisance parasites.

Rhino hunting occurs only to require "rhino," which is believed to be a traditional medicine and erectile dysfunction, and the species most likely to be near the extent of extinction is the Javan rhinoceros that is only extant in the forests of Ujunguln National Park on Java, Indonesia, which in Thailand has designated rhinoceros as a "wild animal" according to the Wildlife Reserve and Protection Act 2019.

Although the rhinoceros is extinct from the natural forests of Thailand, raising awareness for the Thai people is necessary so that we all can see the importance of all life in the forest and expect that the conservation of the rhinoceros will balance the global forest ecosystem so that the rhinoceros remains with us.

Source: Wildlife Conservation Bureau Wildlife Conservation Office, Thailand

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