Summary: A Sumatran rhino in a US zoo has died this week from a tumor which spread to another rhino soon after. There are continuing efforts to increase the Sumatran rhino population but these tumors have become another problem. The Sumatran rhino population has been decreasing rapidly due to deforestation, humans encroaching on their habitat, and illegal poaching for their horns. Suci, a nine-year-old female, died on March 30 at the Cincinnati Zoo from an inheritable disease called hemochromatosis. Roth, the caretaker at the zoo of these rhinos, is devastated about it. The tumors were the size of footballs. Doctors are continuing research on how to rid rhinos of these health problems.
Analysis: The size of footballs! That's awful. I hope that the specialists can find a cure for the rhinos suffering from this. It'd suck if the deciding factor on whether or not they become extinct is something this painful.
Source: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/home/environment/flora-fauna/Death-tumors-harm-efforts-to-save-rare-rhinos/articleshow/33257730.cms
this is awful that a species that is already being hunted has another factor against them, I hope this isn't the deciding factor
ReplyDeleteWell at least it's getting better.
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