# The Western Black Rhino....a-a-and, it's gone

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**Created:** [May 2, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340 "2013-05-02T18:43:01Z")\
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**Author:** ![Gangster\_Octopus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a8b319/32.png) [@Gangster\_Octopus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gangster_Octopus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340/1 "2013-05-02T18:43:01Z")

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Well this is pretty sad, the [Western Black Rhino is now officially extinct](http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/10/world/africa/rhino-extinct-species-report/index.html?fb_action_ids=10151870307787678&fb_action_types=og.recommends&fb_source=other_multiline&action_object_map=%7B%2210151870307787678%22%3A10150387675109798%7D&action_type_map=%7B%2210151870307787678%22%3A%22og.recommends%22%7D&action_ref_map=%5B%5D)"

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> 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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> The subspecies of the black rhino – which is classified as “critically endangered” by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s (IUCN) Red List of Threatened Species – was last seen in western Africa in 2006.
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> The IUCN warns that other rhinos could follow saying Africa’s northern white rhino is “teetering on the brink of extinction” while Asia’s Javan rhino is “making its last stand” due to continued poaching and lack of conservation.

The article mentions many other species threatened.

_Edit: Just realized this was from 2011, so nevermind, I guess._

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**Author:** ![hotflungwok](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/edb3f5/32.png) [@hotflungwok](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/hotflungwok)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 6:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340/2 "2013-05-02T18:45:00Z")

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Looks like superstitious Asians are going to have to find another way to get it up soon.

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**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 6:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340/3 "2013-05-02T18:53:03Z")

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“This breaking news just in, Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still dead!”

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**Author:** ![Merneith](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/57b2e6/32.png) [@Merneith](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merneith)\
**Post date:** [May 2, 2013, 8:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340/4 "2013-05-02T20:19:43Z")

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> [@hotflungwok](#):
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> Looks like superstitious Asians are going to have to find another way to get it up soon.

I hope they all go impotent and waste their money on the fake stuff.

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**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\
**Post date:** [May 3, 2013, 12:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-western-black-rhino-a-a-and-its-gone/657340/5 "2013-05-03T00:03:28Z")

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We saw a black rhino in the Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania in about 1997. The western version is a subspecies, but I’m afraid the black rhino is not far behind in the race to wipe them off the earth.