Seeking to find out, the Namibian government asked a research team at Cornell's College of Veterinary Medicine to look into the practice. "We were anticipating that the rhinos would fare worse hanging upside down," says Robin Radcliffe, a senior lecturer in wildlife and conservation medicine. For the study, the research team from Cornell suspended 12 black rhinos from cranes. Black rhinos live in desert, shrubland and savannah across Africa, with the biggest populations in Namibia, South Africa, Kenya and Zimbabwe. Since then, careful and targeted conservation efforts have more than doubled black rhino numbers to around 5,600.

Source: CNN March 18, 2021 00:45 UTC