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Africa's Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct

Posted on November 11, 2011 by

The International Union for Conservation of Nature has declared the western black rhino extinct. One of four subspecies of the black rhino, it was considered especially vulnerable to poaches who hunt the rhino for its horn, The International Union for … Continue reading →

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Africa's Western Black Rhino declared extinct

Posted on November 10, 2011 by

Black rhino: Despite the action of conservation programmes, 25% of mammals are at risk of extinction. For example, the reassessments of several rhinoceros species show that the subspecies of the black rhino in western Africa, the western black rhino GENEVA … Continue reading →

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