8h 8min, oct 4, 1931 y - Dutch East Indies declared Javan rhino a legally protected species
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In 1931, as the Javan rhinoceros was on the brink of extinction in Sumatra, the government of the Dutch East Indies declared the rhino a legally protected species, which it has remained ever since.
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Javan Rhino
Project on endangered species
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