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I read the title of the article
[キタシロサイ、地球にたった1匹のオス、24時間体制で守られる](http://www.huffingtonpost.jp/2015/04/15/last-
male-northern-white-rhin_n_7067626.html?utm_hp_ref=japan) as  
"The last male rhino on earth **is being protected** by a system that is
active 24-hrs per day."

The " _...is being protected..._ " makes me want to say "...守られ **ている** "

  1. Were the title: "キタシロサイ、地球にたった1匹のオス、24時間体制で守られ **ている** ", how would the meaning change?
  2. Were space not an issue, would the continuous tense have been used?
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verbs passive-voice
why does the following title end "...守られる" and not "守られている"? just to save space?
It is **_headline grammar_** , not "regular" grammar. Words are often omitted
intentionally in article headlines in Japanese just as in English.

In English, you would see "[Name] Shot Dead" instead of "[Name] Has Been Shot
Dead" as a headline, would you not?

> 1.Were the title: "キタシロサイ、地球にたった1匹のオス、24時間体制で守られ ている ", how would the
> meaning change?

The meaning would stay the same, but it would sound pretty awkward as a
headline; It is just too long.

(For fairness, I wonder why you did not mention the absence of a subject
marker as well. That, too, is intentional. No は/が in headlines, generally.)

> 2.Were space not an issue, would the continuous tense have been used?

No, for the reason I stated above, it would not have.
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