Javan Rhinos and The Importance of Conservation

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The Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia happily reported the birth of two Javan rhino babies this past week signaling that natural breeding was taking place. These babies officially make 7 new Javan rhinos birthed in the national park since last year. Counting the two newest additions, it is reported that there are now 74 Javan rhinos living in the Ujung National Park. 

Photo Taken from World Animal News

This would be considered a conservation success story but also one that comes with a very stark warning for the rest of the endangered species on our planet. We are talking less than 100 of these beautiful creatures left on our planet and all of which are living within the Ujung Kulon National Park. This indicates to me that their populations were decimated leading to them being protected and frankly, not a second too late as the Javan rhino was in grave danger of going extinct. If we look at the Javan rhino as an example, we need to recognize that we are letting things go too far before we act which makes conservation especially important but also especially difficult. 

The Javan Rhino is the most endangered rhino species on our planet and we allowed their populations to dip below 100 individuals left on our planet. We have what, nearly 7 billion people or more on our planet and we are talking about less than 100 of these Javan rhinos left? As you can clearly see, we need to be doing everything in our power to protect animals instead of letting them nearly go extinct. If we act aggressively before things get to this point, we have a fighting chance of preventing the extinction of animals like lions, giraffes, cheetahs, and pangolins, all of which face an uncertain future. We must act while their populations can still support healthy breeding naturally. If we wait too long, we are risking extinction.

Conservation efforts are so important to the survival of animals on our planet. It is wholly up to us to act and prevent the extinction of animals as we have taken it upon ourselves to make the planet ours for the taking. Our inability to share resources with the other species on our planet has in fact pushed 1000's of species rapidly towards extinction. Our continued search for resources, land to continue development and produce livestock, overfishing etc., we are literally destroying the planet and all of the living creatures on it in order to further our own ambitions. This is the opposite of what we should be doing when we consider the importance of conservation.

If we are truly to see animals like elephants and lions in our futures, we need to come together and commit fully to conservation. We need to ban trophy hunting and sport hunting. We need global support on the ban on ivory and other products created with endangered animals. We have the capability of saving our planet's species and we need to act like it's a priority before like the Javan rhino, we are faced with immediate necessity to protect. If we act aggressively now, we can prevent these animals from dropping to dangerously low populations where it will take a miracle to bring their populations back. 

Let the Javan Rhino be our wakeup call. Conservation is imperative and we must all work together.

HAPPY VEG