{"id":2627,"date":"2014-06-10T08:00:59","date_gmt":"2014-06-10T06:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"\/blog\/?p=2627"},"modified":"2014-06-10T08:00:59","modified_gmt":"2014-06-10T06:00:59","slug":"top-3-at-risk-animal-species-in-africa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/2014\/06\/10\/top-3-at-risk-animal-species-in-africa\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 3 At-Risk Animal Species in Africa!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><b>Rhino<\/b><\/p>\n<p>The price per pound for rhino horn is valued at\u00a0<b>$29 500 +<\/b>\u00a0(worth more than gold or cocaine).<b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>The total world rhino population has drastically declined: from\u00a0<b>200 000<\/b>\u00a0individuals at the start of the twentieth century to roughly\u00a0<b>29 000<\/b>\u00a0today.<\/p>\n<p>Over\u00a0<b>70%<\/b>\u00a0of the world\u2019s rhinos currently live in South Africa.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=2628\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2628\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2628\" alt=\"100_0443\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/100_0443.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><b>Elephant<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>$8-10 billion<\/b>\u00a0annual generation of illegal horn and ivory trade worldwide.<\/p>\n<p>In\u00a0<b>1979<\/b>\u00a0there were over\u00a0<b>1.3 million<\/b>\u00a0African elephants roaming in the wild. In\u00a0<b>2013<\/b>, the figures dropped down to\u00a0<b>400-470 000<\/b>\u00a0animals.<\/p>\n<p><b>8%<\/b>\u00a0of the African elephant\u2019s population is being poached each year<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=2629\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2629\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2629\" alt=\"CTK61-2\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/CTK61-2.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"345\" \/><\/a><b>Lion<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Lion\u00a0<b>bones<\/b>\u00a0are a substitute for scarce tiger bones used in traditional Chinese medicine.<\/p>\n<p>In the last 100 years, its population declined from\u00a0<b>200 000 +<\/b>\u00a0to\u00a0<b>32 000<\/b>\u00a0max.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"\/blog\/?attachment_id=2630\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-2630\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2630\" alt=\"Lion_Zambia_Liv_0314\" src=\"https:\/\/acacia-africa.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/Lion_Zambia_Liv_0314.jpg\" width=\"460\" height=\"326\" \/><\/a>Information and statistics from:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.superscholar.org\/africa\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.superscholar.org\/africa\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rhino The price per pound for rhino horn is valued at\u00a0$29 500 +\u00a0(worth more than gold or cocaine). 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