Officially extinct: Western Black Rhino

AP Published November 15, 2011
In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo, Inge, a black rhinoceros at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, receives a gentle nuzzle from her daughter as Inge feeds in the rhino house at the zoo, in Cleveland.
In this Aug. 31, 2010 photo, Inge, a black rhinoceros at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, receives a gentle nuzzle from her daughter as Inge feeds in the rhino house at the zoo, in Cleveland.
In this file photo provided Jan. 25, 2011, by the Saint Louis Zoo, a black rhinoceros calf born at the zoo on Jan. 14 stays close to his mother, Kati Rain, at the Saint Louis Zoo in Saint Louis.
In this file photo provided Jan. 25, 2011, by the Saint Louis Zoo, a black rhinoceros calf born at the zoo on Jan. 14 stays close to his mother, Kati Rain, at the Saint Louis Zoo in Saint Louis.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, Jacques Flamand of WWF South Africa, checks a black rhino after its release in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, Jacques Flamand of WWF South Africa, checks a black rhino after its release in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a team checks a black rhino after its transport by helicopter in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a team checks a black rhino after its transport by helicopter in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. The seventh black rhino population established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project was released after an epic trip across the country. Nineteen of the critically endangered animals were moved from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province.
In this undated photo provided by Green Renaissance/World Wildlife Fund, a black rhino is transported by helicopter in South Africa. The seventh black rhino population established by the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion Project was released after an epic trip across the country. Nineteen of the critically endangered animals were moved from the Eastern Cape to a new location in Limpopo province.

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature said that the Western Black Rhino of Africa, a species related to black rhinos, is officially extinct. The group says two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate: the Northern White Rhino of central Africa and the Javan Rhino in Vietnam. -Photos by AP

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Impala
Nov 16, 2011 04:05am
A truly sad day. Similar fate awaits the rhino in Kenya.
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Burhan
Nov 16, 2011 01:34pm
Really sad. The world must stop this extinction. So many steps can be taken, wonder why it is not done. I am afraid our blind dolphin may receive the same fate as zebras of Baluchistan have faced. We have lost many species too but we don't have a count of them.
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