Extinction

Absolutely agree with that, W.

Although, ironically, it may turn out that the human race is the saviour of the Southern Rhino species since I believe they harvested sperm from the male and eggs from the two surviving females and are to attempt to implant embryos in the related Northern White females. So all may not be lost quite yet.

(Might have got my South and North confused there.)

I thought that was quite sad when I saw it too. Beautiful animal. Wouldn’t you have thought they’d find a way to gather sperm before he died. Such a waste.

Nora

We haven’t a lot to be proud of, we Brits/Europeans decimated wildlife populations now it’s others.  Listened to 2 interviews about the white Rhino but have never heard anyone condem the Chinese where 90% plus ivory and body parts end up.  

It  does  not  help  a  lot  when  any  anti-poaching  police  or  wardens  are  heavily  out  gunned  as  well  as  out  numbered  when  the  poachers  or  whatever  do  turn  up.  It  cannot  really  be  effective  when  all  we  are  doing,  in  truth,  is   asking  the  'Pros'  to  volunteer  to  commit  suicide  !

The argument in the USA for hunting is that the hunters have to pay to hunt in Africa so it helps conservation. This isn't just a hunting organisation statement. It's the official position of the Orange One's committee who have reversed the official ban on importing mementoes from kills. The committee consists of members of hunting organisations. Irony as well as Ivory both dead.