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A total of 586 rhinos were
killed in Africa in 2023, most Phone Directory Tel. 118
of them in South Africa
— which has the highest
population of rhinos at an
estimated 16,056. The killings
increased from 551 reported
in 2022, according to the In-
ternational Union for Conser-
vation of Nature.
With all five subspecies com-
bined, there are just under
28,000 rhinos left in the world, facebook.com/arubatoday/