West African Black Rhino Extinct

**The Thracian** · July 11, 2006, 12:32 PM

From bbc.co.uk

The West African black rhino appears to have become extinct, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN).

A mission to their last known habitat in northern Cameroon failed to find any rhinos or signs of their existence.

The sub-species has declined in recent decades due primarily to poaching, which has also brought the northern white rhino close to extinction.

This is sad news. I remember a few months back a Griff Rhys Jones documentary on the black rhinos. In one rememberable moment he said to a class of African school children. Who here has seen a black rhino (nobody answers) Who he has seen an elephant (everyone puts their hand up.) However numbers of other Rhino sub-species are low yet slowly rising. The poaching isn't stopping though.

Full Article: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/sci/tech/5167266.stm

**Marcus Scaurus** · July 11, 2006, 03:39 PM

I hope scientists have secured the DNA of a black rhino!

**The Mongol** · July 11, 2006, 03:57 PM

That's too bad when a species is completely wiped out, I frigging hate poachers. "I'm a big man because I have a rhino head pinned up on my wall".

Rhino's are so interesting too, they look really prehistoric.

**Hookah Smoking Caterpiller** · July 16, 2006, 02:45 PM

Another species wipedout by humanity

poachers are :wub:s killing animals just for fun.

**Tecumseh** · July 16, 2006, 02:57 PM

It's the Rhino's fault for not developing bulletproof skin.

**Darkragnar** · July 18, 2006, 11:12 AM

and also for not developing detachable Horns, I gotta have my Rhino Horn Letter opener cant live without it.

**allthesedamnnamesaretaken** · July 19, 2006, 12:54 AM

no the horn is for horny asian people. they ground it up to a powder and make soup or something as an aphrodisiac

**MaximiIian** · July 19, 2006, 01:58 AM

Humans are jackasses. I mean, it's just stupid how many species have gone extinct at our species' hands.

**Ragabash** · July 19, 2006, 05:48 AM

Im afraid that people today might be last ones to see such diversity and complexity of nature.

**shenmueguru** · July 20, 2006, 01:59 PM

It's such a facsinating species as well, though at least there are more varieties of it that exist on. Only a matter of time for them, however.

**Kino** · July 21, 2006, 12:59 AM

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**Big War Bird** · July 25, 2006, 11:44 PM

Goodbye Black Rhino, I will miss you . . . uh well no not really.

**Valentin the II** · July 26, 2006, 05:00 AM

Not all black rhinos are extinct, just the west african. Its a sub spiecies.
Its still a shame

.
Several yers ago I herd about a sniper hunting tiger poachers.
The ausarities found several groops of dead men with guns in the jungles, they were all shot.
They saspect that it was a sniper that took them out.
Has anyone else herd of him?