Sad news =(

[apathetic_ninja]

Hey guys. I am not sure if this post is a little unconventional (I've never posted before), but I read an article today which I wanted to share with everyone, especially those of us who are animal lovers:

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[soozthecat]

They are extinct in the wild but there are breeding populations in captivity which are not at risk of being killed for their horns which will hopefully go on to help with a re-release of these species once their habitat can be properly protected, so there is still hope!

[owlsie]

On the Wiki page it says there are no known individuals in captivity...

[soozthecat]

It depends on how you decide to class them scientifically, the Black rhino species is in captivity, but the sub species mentioned in the article isnt. Wiki states that both the subspecies and the species mentioned are extinct whereas there are actually 8 where I work lol.

Love the username by the way!

[apathetic_ninja]

It's still pretty depressing to think a whole sub-species got wiped out.

[eidna]

:(

Sorta unrelated, but I was watching an episode of Star Trek: TNG last night where they were saying white rhinos went extinct in the 22nd century due to hunting. Guess they weren't too far off :\

[karinablue_rose]

That is truly tragic.I hope that someone had the foresight to have some in captivity.That would help save the species in a way.

[apathetic_ninja]

There are no known captives. =(

[symkha]

It's doubtful that being captive is preferable to being extinct anyway. There would not be enough captive rhinos probably to start re-populating the wild, if the zoos even let them out of captivity. My guess is they wouldn't because they'd be able to market it this way: SEE THE LAST REMAINING BLACK RHINOS IN THE WORLD.
(Now that they're extinct, isn't it good we have saved some instead of, like, trying to save their habitat and stuff?)

[ninjatantei]

Terrible. Damn people.

Thanks for sharing.

[symkha]

:( That is tragic. Thank you for sharing.