Mysuru: As part of World Rhino Day, visitors to Mysuru Zoo were provided information about this large, herbivorous mammal. World Rhino Day is an international ecological observance celebrated on September 22. It was inaugurated in 2010 to raise awareness on the need to protect the five existing species of rhinoceros — white rhino, black rhino,…
Mysuru Zoo to celebrate World Rhino Day tomorrow
September 21, 2018Mysuru: World Rhino Day is celebrated to create awareness regarding the well-being of Rhinoceros. In recent years, Rhinos have been threatened by poaching, urbanisation and pollution, which have left Rhino species on the brink of extinction. At the start of the 20th century, 5,00,000 Rhinos roamed the wild, by 1970 the worldwide population fell to…
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