Raws li International Union rau Kev Tiv Thaiv Kev Puas Tsuaj, cov neeg ntxhw nyob rau sab av loj African tau nqis los ntawm 111 txhiab tus neeg hauv tsuas yog kaum xyoo xwb.
Tam sim no muaj txog 415,000 tus ntxhw nyob hauv Africa. Hauv cov cheeb tsam uas tau pom yam tsis xwm yeem, lwm 117 rau 135 txhiab tus tib neeg ntawm cov tsiaj no tuaj yeem nyob. Li ob feem peb ntawm cov pej xeem nyob hauv South Africa, nees nkaum feem pua nyob rau sab hnub poob teb chaws Africa, thiab hauv Central Africa li rau feem pua.
Nws yuav tsum tau hais tias lub laj thawj tseem ceeb ua rau kev poob sai heev ntawm cov neeg pejxeem yog qhov muaj zog tshaj plaws hauv kev yos hav zoov, uas tau pib thaum 70-80 ntawm lub xyoo pua XX. Piv txwv li, nyob rau sab hnub tuaj ntawm sab hnub tuaj dub, uas feem ntau cuam tshuam los ntawm poachers, cov pej xeem ntxhw tau tsawg kawg. Lub ntsiab teeb meem loj nyob hauv cov teeb meem no nyob nrog Tanzania, qhov twg kwv yees li ob feem peb ntawm cov pej xeem raug rhuav tshem. Rau kev sib piv, hauv Rwanda, Kenya thiab Uganda, tus naj npawb ntawm cov ntxhw tsis tsuas yog tsis tau txo qis, tab sis nyob rau qee qhov chaw tseem nce ntxiv. Cov pej xeem ntawm cov ntxhw tau poob qis heev hauv Cameroon, Congo, Gabon, thiab tshwj xeeb tshaj yog muaj zog hauv cov koom pheej ntawm Chad, Central African Republic thiab Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Kev ua lag luam hauv tib neeg, vim tias tus ntxhw poob lawv qhov chaw nyob, kuj ua rau muaj kev cuam tshuam tseem ceeb rau qhov kev poob ntxhw ntawm cov ntxhw. Raws li cov kws tshawb nrhiav, qhov no yog thawj daim ntawv qhia txog pes tsawg tus ntxhw hauv tebchaws Africa hauv kaum lub xyoo dhau los
