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question: What detail could be added to the paragraph to support the author's point that black rhinos are under threat due to human activity?


Black rhinos are a species native to Africa. Compared to two other rhino species, they are considered the smallest. Despite their name, black rhinoceroses are gray. To distinguish the black rhino from others, they have a hooked upper lip instead of a square upper lip. Their pointed lip allows them to easily eat leaves from bushes and trees in their habitat. These large animals have two distinct horns, one much larger than the other. The horns are used to protect them and their young and battle predators. Unfortunately, it is their horns which put them on the endangered list. Many black rhinos are hunted for their large horns, as they are used in medicine. Despite conservation efforts, many people break the law and continue to kill these animals, as they believe the horn creates powerful medicine to cure the worst diseases. The human demand for the black rhino's horn has resulted in the near extinction of the animal.

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Poaching Black rhinos are threatened by poaching. Two-horned dark rhinos are perfect for the illegal horn trade. Kenya, Tanzania, Zambia's Luangwa Valley, the Zambezi River, and Zimbabwe experienced rhino horn piracy. Political unrest and warfare have impacted rhino conservation in Angola, Rwanda, Somalia, and Sudan. Poaching and rhinoceros horn trafficking are exacerbated by poverty.

In Vietnam and China, traditional medicine uses rhino horn, harming black rhinos. 2014 saw 1,215 rhinos poached in South Africa, undermining conservation gains. Despite a drop in poached animals, poaching remains unsustainable.

Overpopulation/habitat loss Overpopulation harms Africa's animal habitats. Human urbanization and farms harm rhinos' native vegetation. Farming reduces rhino habitat. Rhinos need large areas to feed and roam. Broken herds without "corridors" impede breeding and regeneration.

Encroachment generates human-wildlife conflicts and habitat loss. Smaller wild spaces will kill wildlife.

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