Javan Rhino the fewer the number, it is estimated that only about 50 live tails. One-horned rhino habitat in the Park is home now threatened by drought and an active volcanic activity - a natural disaster is feared to kill Ujung Kulon.
In Vietnam, the only other habitats, found only four were left.
"Without drastic action, one-horned rhinos could be extinct within 10-20 years," said the International Rhino Foundation, as published by the AP.
This species was nearly wiped out in 1883 when the Krakatau volcano erupted triggered 40-meter high tsunami that killed 37,000 people at that time. The tsunami swept away hundreds of villages, including Ujung Kulon.
The greatest threat today comes from poachers, habitat destruction and competition for food among the animal inhabitants get Ujung Kulon.
Rhino horn has long been a popular ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine. Scarcity horn makes the price soared - hundreds to thousands of dollars per piece.
Drought in the western part of Indonesia also made water sources dry up rhino foundation of life - as a result of grass and other rhino food becomes more scarce.
"The population is very little, even the death of a Javan rhino becomes very significant," said the WWF Indonesia in Ujung Kulon, Adhi Rachmat Haryadi.
Two rhino skeleton found recently allegedly due to natural causes. Meanwhile, the three alleged victims carcass poaching
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