Figure 8.11

Saving large animals. (A) Hunting pressures have reduced the once-widespread populations of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in Kenya. In 2011, a subspecies of the black rhino, called the western black rhino, was officially declared extinct. The remaining black rhino populations are critically endangered. (B) Wildlife wardens are armed to protect the animals from poachers.
(A. Martin Harvey/Gallo Images/Getty Images; B. © Raffaele Meucci/age fotostock)