Sad News.........

[Husky_mom]

i just read in the newspaper that the Black Rhino has become extinct that really makes me feel sad. i´m not sure if its new news or old news but i just read it, i do hope they are still a few out there........

i´m also mad because whether or not they were "protected" by law they still hunted them to extinction, RIP Black Rhinos.......you will be missed.......

[ramanth]

I wonder if there are any zoo's or preservations that could breed them and reintroduce them into the wild.

Such a shame..

We were just at the Cincinnati Zoo last week and it was sad to see all the animals on the endangered list but heartwarming to see new babies.

[Lady's Human]

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinfor...hino/index.htm

I think a newspaper needs to bone up on their research? A subspecies has been tentatively listed as extinct, but black rhinos still exist.

I still like Kenya's (no longer in force) anti poaching method. They killed the poachers and displayed the poachers on the front page of the next day newspaper.

[king2005]

http://www.rhinos-irf.org/rhinoinfor...hino/index.htm

I think a newspaper needs to bone up on their research?

That website might be a poor example.. its (C) 2001 & the info in it, is back in the early 1990's (well over 10yrs ago).

Now I didn't go through the whole site, just that 1 page. So if there is more info elsewhere on that site, would be a good idea to post that too

[Lady's Human]

the page has more up to date info than the 1990's. The copyright is referring to the design of the page, not the info posted.

[Karen]

Yes, they have information from 2006 on the site.

[Husky_mom]

i actually had a second look at the newspaper and it specifically mentioned Cameroon so i looked up and found this: (the black rhino has 4 subspecies:the southern, the southwestern, the eastern, and the western. All four subspecies are listed as critically endangered on IUCN's Red List. )

Western black rhino
The western black rhino once ranged throughout the savanna zones of West Africa, but today only a few scattered animals remain in Cameroon. This rarest and most endangered subspecies of black rhino hovered at around eight individuals in 2001 (IUCN).

i found this at WWF worldwildlife.org