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    Rhino subspecies vanishing from the wild

    GENEVA (AP) — The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.

    The International Union for Conservation of Nature said a recent reassessment of the Western Black Rhino had led it to declare the species extinct, adding that the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now "possibly extinct" in the wild and the Javan Rhino is "probably extinct" in Vietnam, after poachers killed the last animal there in 2010.

    A small but declining population of the Javan Rhino survives on the Indonesian island of Java, it added.

    "A lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, international organized crime groups targeting rhinos and increasing illegal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos," the group said in a statement accompanying the latest update of its so-called Red List of endangered species.

    About a quarter of all mammals are at risk of extinction, IUCN said, adding that some species have been brought back from the brink with successful conservation programs.

    The Southern White Rhino numbered just 100 animals at the end of the 19th century, but has since flourished and now has a population of over 20,000.

    The Przewalski's Horse, a type of wild horse from Central Asia, has come back from extinction after a successful breeding program in captivity.

    The Red List now contains almost 62,000 species of plants and animals, whose status is constantly monitored by conservationists.

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    Red List: http://www.iucnredlist.org/

     
    • illitrt  •  6 mths ago
      They need to offer a bounty for poacher hides.
      • Yahoo User 6 mths ago
        I'd do it for free
      • Jenny S 6 mths ago
        Use the hides for artwork......
      • Red Beard 6 mths ago
        Who'd want to skin out a poacher?!? YEECH!!!
    • H8ME  •  Virginia Beach, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Let us hunt the poachers!
      • Hans J. 6 mths ago
        Agree. No trials, no lengthy procedures, just the bullet.
      • teluka 6 mths ago
        Forget the poachers.They are poor people earning a living.Go after the end users.It The Chinese and Mainly China.They believe that taking the rhino's horn will give great strength to their "horns"They don't realise that genetically they are born with little horns.I am not joking.This is a fact as to why they consume the rhino's horns.Ask around.
      • Kryptik 6 mths ago
        HORNISTS!
    • James D  •  Milwaukee, United States  •  6 mths ago
      So what is the fate of the poachers? Will they become extinct also? Hope so!
      • sweet 6 mths ago
        thats a good one. but no they will star with another species wich they will star saying will give you the keys to heaven and stupid people will believe it and here goes another animal been gone out of this world is the moneyyyy you dummm fkers no animal will do any of that.
      • spark 6 mths ago
        Yes. As long as intense poverty exists there will be poachers. It's sad all the way around.
      • Furious 6 mths ago
        Perhaps someone should come up with a remedy that requires the cunning and misticism only poachers have and can only be harnessed by cutting their nuts off. lol
    • John S  •  Tampa, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Why don't we just tell the Chinese that poachers are an aphrodisiac or something? They will leave the animals alone, and we will be rid of a few scumbags in the process!
      • PREYES4U 6 mths ago
        THAT IS A GREAT IDEA !!!!!!
      • OldskoolOutlaw 6 mths ago
        I could be wrong but I don't think the Chinese really need an aphrodisiac, what they need is saltpeter.
      • Lewis 6 mths ago
        You bunch of racist SOBS it's not the Chinese it's the WHITE and the USA. DOWN WITH AMERICA, DOWN WITH AMERICA!!!!
    • Brian  •  6 mths ago
      Most of the exotic animals you see in zoos will likely be extinct within a few decades.
      • Chris 6 mths ago
        No they won't, don't be an alarmist. This so called "extinct" rhino will come back too. Can't you see that this is merely an awareness stunt?
      • michael n 6 mths ago
        It's sad that our grandchildren will not be able to experience many of these awesome animals because they will be extinct.
      • D 6 mths ago
        go to a f aw k in zoo michael ya twit, jesus
    • DADH  •  6 mths ago
      I think it time to start a different kind of Hunting season. It time for a Poacher hunting season. Give people hunting license to hunt poachers and give them poachers a second thought on doing the crap. I can't promise that the hunter trying to hunt the poacher any safety against them fighting back.

      IF u think about it it is a great way for the world military to get some practice because poachers work alot like in how terrorist works in trying to kill innocent people.
    • GS  •  Baton Rouge, United States  •  6 mths ago
      It is really sad.
    • yankpats  •  Dallas, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Some people should be Extinct!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
    • casanova  •  Tucson, United States  •  6 mths ago
      greed and the need to have power over others is a mental sickness!!!!
    • Anya J  •  6 mths ago
      It is sick and sad, what is the point in killing off an entire species just to sell to the asian market who believe it cures whatever ails them this week? Now the poachers are breaking into museums and stealing horns on display, and a few days ago, France was doubling up protection of it's captive rhinos due to possible threats of poachers killing them for their horns in France!! We need to get REALLY tough on poachers period, end of story! In my lifetime, rhinos, elephants, tigers have almost gone completely extinct in the wild, now they are only in zoos and animal parks, and the poachers want to get them there too
    • Sarcasm  •  6 mths ago
      Blame the upper class Chinese who like to eat rhino horn soup just to prove that they're a-holes
    • jesse a  •  San Diego, United States  •  6 mths ago
      when will it be allowed and legal to poach these poachers? Please sign me up! I could not find more joy then to make them suffer the same fate.
    • U betcha'  •  Chicago, United States  •  6 mths ago
      How dumb is that? Kill bunches of rhinos for some reason, till you have killed them all. Now what you imbeciles?
    • Leatherneck  •  San Diego, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Yeah,,,,let's make more humans instead....We need more than 7 billion people....Brilliant.
    • dashus  •  Bayville, United States  •  6 mths ago
      How horrible, very sad news.
    • RipCurrent  •  Beverly Hills, United States  •  6 mths ago
      Well what will poachers do for money now? For that matter what will the chinese do to get their rhino horn libido powder?
    • kenya  •  Los Angeles, United States  •  6 mths ago
      you know what the problem is with our species? we take, and we take, and we take, we take all the oil, we take lives, we take all resources, because our current ways of life are so so important. We just don't know how to live in harmony, we believe to be human is to live this dream, where we have to have a house, a couple children, and just consume and consume. The world is over populated with our species, soon, everything we have used to get to such a high population will no longer be here for us to maintain that number of human beings, and it will freefall due to the correcting force of mother nature.
    • Gunmetal  •  Washington, United States  •  6 mths ago
      How the hell does the tragic extinction of a rhino species have anything to do with Obama, or corporate greed. Trolls need to realize there are other problems in the world beside their political crap they flood the comment sections with.
    • Cole  •  6 mths ago
      Some day we will be extinct.........
    • Jingles  •  Nairobi, Kenya  •  6 mths ago
      This is very sad not just for Africa, but for the entire world. However, what people and conservationists need to learn is that there is need to educate people and ensure that those who live near world life habitats gain from the world-life. Over the years, we in Kenya have learnt that the best way to conserve the environment is to make the people understand what they stand to lose if they destroy it. Further, we initiate programs that benefit both the wild life and humans. That way, they are usually the first to complain and report poachers to authorities. This has worked wonderfully in Maasai Mara Game Reserve, where Maasais gain a lot from the wild life and in return, they do conserve the reserve and do not kill Rhinos and lions. Initially, the Maasai used to kill lions for sport and as a show of masculinity, where a man who managed to kill a lion with only a spear was considered a great warrior.
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