Western Black Rhino declared extinct-

[Aught-SixGuy]

Thanks to poachers and the black market, you will never see these creatures on the African plains again.
http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/10/world/africa/rhino-extinct-species-report/index.html

 

[jjhack]

There are Black Rhino in South Africa, they are auctioned for hunting every year?

Many reserves have Black Rhino, Leave it to CNN and some eco wack job to craft or spin this into some news worthy issue?
[h=2]http://wwf.panda.org/what_we_do/endangered_species/rhinoceros/african_rhinos/black_rhinoceros/
Key Facts[/h]

• [h=3]Common Names[/h]Black rhino, hook-lipped rhinoceros; Rhinocéros noir (Fr); Rinoceronte negro (Sp)
• [h=3]Scientific Name[/h]Diceros bicornis
• [h=3]Location[/h]From Cameroon in the west to Kenya in the east, and south to South Africa
• [h=3]Status[/h]Critically Endangered
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• [h=3]Population[/h]4,880 individuals as of Feb 2013

 

[jjhack]

Throughout most of the 20th century, the Black Rhino was the most numerous of the world's rhino species which at one stage could have numbered around 850,000. Relentless hunting of the species and clearances of land for settlement and agriculture reduced numbers and by 1960 only an estimated 100,000 remained. Between 1960 and 1995, large-scale poaching caused a dramatic 98% collapse in numbers. Over this period numbers only increased in South Africa and Namibia from an estimated 630 + 300 in 1980 (Emslie and Brooks 1999) to 1,915 + 1,750, respectively by the end of 2010 (AfRSG data 2011). Continentally numbers bottomed out at only 2,410 in 1995 (Emslie and Brooks 1999). From 1992–1995 total numbers remained relatively stable with increases in some countries (those with the best-protected and managed populations) being cancelled out by declines in others. However, since the low of 1995, Black Rhino numbers at a continental level have increased every time continental population estimates have been revised by the AfRSG reaching 4,880 by December 2010 (Emslie 2006; Emslie et al. 2007; AfRSG data 2008, 2011).

Subspecies totals as of 31 December 2010 are (see also Table 1 in the attached pdf): Southern-central Black Rhino (D. b. minor) 2,220, South-western Black Rhino (D. b. bicornis) 1,920 and Eastern Black Rhino (D. b. michaeli) 740 based on 2011 AfRSG data. In Cameroon, no evidence of the Western Black Rhino was found during extensive surveys over much of its known range during the dry season in 2006 and since then there have been no reports of either rhino sightings or spoor and this subspecies is considered extinct.
Increases in numbers have occurred in countries where investments in conservation programmes, including monitoring and law enforcement, have been high. As with White Rhinos, four range states (South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya) currently conserve the majority (96.1%) of remaining wild Black Rhino.

As of December 2005, an additional 240 Black Rhino (171 D. b. michaeli and 69 D. b. minor) occurred in captivity worldwide (Emslie et al. 2007).

 

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CNN

Crappy News Nonsense

 

[Wild1]

I don't want to sound like a know-it-all, but CNN was right. The Western Black Rhino (or West African Black Rhino) is a subspecies of the Black Rhino (which is endangered). Two different animals - one extinct and one endangered.