(CNN)In what conservationists have called a "catastrophic event" for the rare animal, twenty-one greater one-horned rhinos, including 10 calves, have drowned in the monsoon-driven floods that have submerged swaths of a national park in northeastern India.
More than 70% of the species" population is found in the Kaziranga National Park in India"s Assam state, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN), which warned that "there could have a devastating impact on the status of the species."
It says that rhino populations are increasing overall due to strict protections in India, but that populations in the country"s northeast and in neighboring Nepal are decreasing.
The IUCN says the quality of the rhinos" habitat was deteriorating, which would "affect the long-term survival of some of the smaller populations and could jeopardize the further recovery of the species."
Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2016/08/03/asia/india-rhino-floods/index.html
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