SO SAD...

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Africa's Western Black Rhino declared extinct

GENEVA — The Western Black Rhino of Africa was declared officially extinct Thursday by a leading conservation group.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said that two other subspecies of rhinoceros were close to meeting the same fate.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45236688/ns/world_news-world_environment/t/africas-western-black-rhino-declared-extinct/?fb_ref=.TrzK0h66SVE.like&fb_source=home_multiline

[anamandujano]

1. photo from article

It says there are some left but I guess they think not enough to turn it around.

[Rhiannon12866]

2. K&R! What amazing animals...

Awfully cute and so very sad. ;(

[Faux pas]

4. Thank you for posting the picture. I forgot how to do that. n/t

[newfie11]

3. I hope the hunters are proud of themselves

Now what will they use for an aphrodisiac when they can't get anymore rhino horns! Find a new species to slaughter into oblivion.:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr:

[Faux pas]

5. imho, greed is the deadliest of the big 7.

Your question is a lot like the one I'm always asking about the big corps-Who are they going to sell to after we're all broke or dead?

[Rex]

6. Another notch in humanities gun belt of species we've killed off.

Yay... :(

[Evasporque]

7. Goldman Sachs invested heavily in Black Rhino Horn powder in recent years....nt

[Faux pas]

8. Sickening. Greed has no boundaries and innocents seem to

pay the ultimate price.