World Rhino Day

WORLD RHINO DAY 2016

Question: World Rhino Day is celebrated on-
(a) 20 September
(b) 22 September
(c) 19 September
(d) 24 September
Ans:(b)
Related facts:

  • On 22 September 2016 the World Rhino Day was celebrated across the world.
  • World Rhino Day was first announced by WWF-South Africa in 2010.
  • The day is observed to celebrate all five species of rhino and they are Black, White, Greater one-horned, Sumatran and Javan rhinos.
  • In India, the day was observed with all-day awareness programmes at Kaziranga National Park (Assam), Manas National Park (Assam) and Laokhowa Burachapori (Assam).

Reference:
http://www.worldrhinoday.org/about/
http://rhinos.org/
http://www.nationalgeographic.com.au/animals/on-world-rhino-day-we-pay-tribute-to-a-threatened-species.aspx