Africa's Western Black Rhino declared extinct

[Javaman]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45236688/ns/world_news-world_environment/

GENEVA — The Western Black Rhino of Africa was declared officially extinct Thursday by a leading conservation group.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said that two other subspecies of rhinoceros were close to meeting the same fate.

The Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now "possibly extinct" in the wild and the Javan Rhino "probably extinct" in Vietnam, after poachers killed the last animal there in 2010.


Ami Vitale / for msnbc.com
A Northern White Rhino seen at the Czech Zoo Kralove Dvur. The species is now considered "possibly extinct" in the wild. A small but declining population survives on the Indonesian island of Java.

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we are a stupid species.

[MoonRiver]

1. Damn!

And it all has to do with human greed and superstition. :mad::mad::mad:

[nc4bo]

2. Stupid, stupid humans.

One day something's going to hunt us into extinction.

[xchrom]

3. just how fucking sad is that?

:mad:

[greytdemocrat]

4. Extinction is part of the Circle of Life. Shame though. n/t

[Javaman]

5. do you have any idea how these animals went extinct?

did you even read the article?

[n2doc]

6. Killed because stupid people believe myths about making their cocks hard

and for knives that supposedly make them 'adults'

I still believe Mother Nature will have the last laugh...

[Lint Head]

7. And a tea bagger was heard to say 'Who cares it was black and didn't have a birth certificate'.

[Marrah_G]

8. This is very very sad

When rich people tell very poor people that if they kill an animal it will be worth alot of money to support their families....this is the end result.