Western black rhino declared extinct

[News Feed]

Africa's western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world's largest conservation network.

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[redrumloa]

My mistake; I didn't mean to put it in Politics. Moving again would create 2 entries.

 

[metalman]

5 living species of rhinoceros endangered due to poaching for their horns, the Woolly Rhino is extinct.

Rhino horn is used in China, where it is ground into medicines, and Yemen, where it is carved into dagger handles. One pound of rhino horn is worth over $60,000 in china.

Rhino horns are are not bone but keratin, like fingernails


Black Rhino (Diceros bicornis)

 

[Dammy]

Well there goes my dinner plans!