Poachers in Zambia kill one of the last two remaining white Rhinos.

[lonestarnot]

Asswipes! :cry:

http://www.yahoo.com/s/602698

[soothsayer]

1. Would lumberjacks cut down the last living tree I wonder?

[lonestarnot]

2. Well you can stop wondering right now.

[Clovis Sangrail]

18. that's a silly question

of course they would.
Look at Easter Island.

[Auntie Bush]

3. I just can't believe people can be so stupid/criminal/evil

:cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:

[ContraBass Black]

4. Last in the country, or last in the world?

[BikeWriter]

11. In Zambia.

[BlooInBloo]

5. There's only *1* rhino left in existence? I find that hard to believe.

[Uncle Joe]

7. White Rhinos. n/t

[BlooInBloo]

12. Ah.

[alfredo]

14. It was the last female White Rhino in Zimbabwe. The male is

injured and undergoing treatment. There's still a few left, but not many.

[Clovis Sangrail]

19. in Zambia

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_rhino

There are two subspecies of White Rhinos; as of 2005, South Africa has the most of the first subspecies, The Southern White Rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum). Their population is about 11,600, making them the most abundant subspecies of rhino in the world.

The Northern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), formerly found in several countries in East and Central Africa south of the Sahara, is considered Critically Endangered. Their wild population has been reduced from about 500 in the 1970s to only about four today. <2>

According to BBC, there are only thirteen northern white rhinos left in the world as of 2007.

[Uncle Joe]

6. Kicked and recommended. n/t

[MNDemNY]

8. Dick Cheney has dibs on the last one.

[Bake]

21. But only if somebody captures it and holds it in a pen until Dick gets there

Since he's not really a real hunter, ya know.

Bake

[DFW]

9. Weren't there a few left in captivity?

These may have been the last two in the wild, or
in a particular area. I was talking to a naturalist
2 years ago, and they were expected to be extinct in
the wild very shortly.

[KamaAina]

10. They were the last two white rhinos *in Zambia*

There are still white rhinos elsewhere in Africa.

That does not, however, excuse these poachers from being giant douchebags. :grr:

[BlooInBloo]

13. What a hugely, um, *misleading* original title.

[Name removed]

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[TX-RAT]

20. Were these from a breeding farm?

The white rhino
The southern white rhino, rescued from near extinction a century ago, stands as one of the world’s greatest conservation success stories. From a single population of barely 20 animals in 1885, there are now more than 8,440 in 247 wild populations, with an additional 704 animals in captive breeding institutions worldwide. Numbers continue to increase in the wild, and the white rhino is now classified as Lower Risk – Conservation Dependent.

By contrast, the situation facing the future of the northern white rhino is critical. In 1960, there were an estimated 2,250 animals; today, only 25 animals are known to exist in the wild in a single population. There are nine ageing and non-breeding animals in two zoos and the subspecies is classified as Critically Endangered.


http://www.rhinos-irf.org/technicalprograms/afrsg/index.htm

[earthboundmisfit]

16. "The dead female rhino's horn was apparently removed."

Rhino horns are used for aphrodisiacs in the far east (as are tiger penises), or carved into dagger handles, ceremonial cups, etc.
Ironic - aphrodisiacs made from nearly extinct creatures to help overpopulate the Earth with parasitic humans.
Goddamn fucking bastards. I'd like take that horn and do something quite UNaphrodisiac to the poacher with it!!!:grr:

[WinkyDink]

28. THIS is the Forbidden Topic in the MSM: the involvement of CHINA in the extinction of large land

animals.

[Ezlivin]

17. Can't we privatize the making of White Rhinos? Outsource it or something?

Here in the U.S. every problem can be solved by letting a private corporation take over the duties.

Maybe we need a Halliburton Wildlife Refuge?

(Do I need to add the sarcasm smilie?)

[earthboundmisfit]

22. Kick because the rhino can't

:(

[EFerrari]

23. Was it to eat?

Oh geezus. :mad:

[barbtries]

25. i don't think so

i think it was just to steal its horn.

[eppur_se_muova]

27. They have magical properties, you know.

Mostly sold in the Far East as an ingredient in traditional Chinese medicine, mostly purported virility elixirs.

[Maraya1969]

24. Are there any in zoos that can be bread with this one?

EDIT: Just read that there are about 13 left. San Diego zoo has a few.

[DesertRat]

26. That's just evil!

:(

[file83]

29. So they killed it for the horn. What the fuck for?

How valuable is a Rhino horn and for what purpose?