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Well here are a few numbers for you to consider.
African elephant - current population estimates are between 400,000 and 600,000. Zimbabwe alone has about 85,000 elephants.
White rhino - there are two types, the north white rhino and the southern. The northern white rhino is in serious trouble......but the southern white rhino is doing fine. There are close to 11,000 white rhino in South Africa. They allow the harvest of a few old bulls each year, these are surplus animals in reality, ......USFWS has a quota for importation of sport trophies from South Africa. Many are re-introduced to game parks in new/old territory every year as well.
Black rhino - yes these boys are still in trouble, but there are breeding herds in South Africa and the populations are increasing in Kenya and Namibia as well. Namibia's black rhino population is around 1200.
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