Endangered animals news for Last Chance To See by Douglas Adams, Mark Carwardine and Stephen Fry

I thought Kakapo numbers were at 87.

86 after the last previous successful breeding season, then three died of the bacterial infection and then four chicks from this breeding season.
DaveH

I agree with you Dave. You're right! I will amend the post accordingly.

The sad thing is that the one extra individual amounts to 1.15% of the total population.
DaveH

And one Northern White Rhino amounts to maybe 10% ! Haven't heard much about the possible relocation lately, so don't have accurate figures to go on.

Unfortunately I think it is worse that that. The latest I read was that the agencies have pulled out and the Rhino have been left to their own devices. There was an article in the New York Times (by Marc Lacey that reported the local reaction to the proposed relocation. This included Kes Hillman-Smith (mentioned in LCtS book) and her husband being “briefly detained” by locals with machetes. See http://www.sosrhino.org/news/ rhi...onews032805.php

The International Rhino Fund announced a suspension of their operations in Garamba in April. See http://www.rhinos-irf.org/news/ a..._extinction.htm

There is a quote in Marc's article from Thomas J. Foose, program director at the International Rhino Foundation that says "I do not believe that any rhinos will survive the year".
DaveH