I guess that we should feel a bit bad about this...

[Bob Denman]

http://www.cnn.com/2014/12/15/us/san-diego-white-rhino-dead/

Even though it probably doesn't directly affect any of us... :shocked:

 

[Chupaca]

Sad news..!!

hope they can save the speices..we are loosing to many as it is....:lecturef_smilie:

 

[cuznjohn]

wonder how they tase

 

[Bob Denman]

A lot like chicken... :shocked: :dontknow:

 

[Dan McNally]

I doubt the species has a chance . . . even if all rhino poachers were magically stopped, right now, forever, only five Northern White Rhinos remain . . . the gene pool most likely isn't big enough to bring back a viable species . . . they would be so inbred that every recessive gene would be popping up, including all the bad ones . . .

 

[cuznjohn]

all we need to do is white wash the others and there will be plenty of them

 

[Bob Denman]

Sad to say... :agree:

Stick a fork in them; they're done! :shocked:

 

[ARtraveler]

Sad to see another species on the brink.

 

[oldguyinTX]

I doubt the species has a chance . . . even if all rhino poachers were magically stopped, right now, forever, only five Northern White Rhinos remain . . . the gene pool most likely isn't big enough to bring back a viable species . . . they would be so inbred that every recessive gene would be popping up, including all the bad ones . . .

You are correct, it is the poaching for their horns that has doomed them to extinction. The same thing is happening to both African & Asian elephants. All because some people think that the powderd tusks or horns can be an aphrodisiac. Sad to say, it is all driven by greed.

 

[Dan McNally]

You are correct, it is the poaching for their horns that has doomed them to extinction. The same thing is happening to both African & Asian elephants. All because some people think that the powderd tusks or horns can be an aphrodisiac. Sad to say, it is all driven by greed.

It isn't just the Asian medicine trade . . . men in Yemen prize rhino horn for their knife handles . . .

 

[Orange Spyder Man]

I wonder how long it will be before we become the "extinct" species ? :dontknow:

OSM

 

[grumpybob]

I wonder how long it will be before we become the "extinct" species ? :dontknow:

OSM

Most likely closer than we think.