![]() 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 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. Conservation methods have greatly improved, according to researchers, for other near-extinct animals, but it came too late for the Western Black RhinoĪfrica’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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