re: End of a species? The last Northern White Rhino male has died; only 2 females remain

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Poaching managed to wipe this species out in only 50 years.

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Not species, sub-species. Meh.

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Humans are terrible quite often

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The slaughter of the rhinos is appalling.

The anti-poaching teams have some badasses - they don't play. They'll take poachers out.

I say good riddance. The rhino is a powerful and destructive animal that is not needed in today’s society.
There are plenty of other options if you are into looking at animals. The lovable hippo for instance. All the size of a rhino without the dangerous horn.
The only legitimate reason for having rhino’s anymore is that they are fun to look at.

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frozen northern white rhino jizz

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This. I'm sure they have some rhino gravy on ice.

How the hell are you going to “put to sleep” the last male of an entire damn species?

luckily they look just look other rhinos sooo....

So looks like we may lose the White Rhino while the Black Rhino is serving 105 years in prison by painting.

Thought this was a John McCain thread??

This is a larger trend in the world

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I would guess habitat destruction is more to blame than poaching. Making hay fields and fencing off large tracks of lands has its drawbacks.

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Actually I watched something a few years ago, I guess it was when the second to last rhino died. It was from poaching, this last rhino was actually guarded at all times by multiple armed guards, and they sawed off all his horns so he would be less desirable to poach.