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    Posted: 10-Nov-2011 at 16:49
Conservation Group Declares Western Black Rhino Officially Extinct

Published November 10, 2011| Associated Press

GENEVA – The Western Black Rhino of Africa has been declared officially extinct, and two other subspecies of rhinoceros are close to meeting the same fate, a leading conservation group said Thursday.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now "possibly extinct" in the wild and the Javan Rhino is "probably extinct" in Vietnam, after poachers killed the last animal there in 2010.

A small but declining population survives on the Indonesian island of Java.

"A lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, international organized crime groups targeting rhinos and increasing illegal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos," the group said in a statement accompanying the latest update of its so-called Red List of endangered species.

http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/11/10/conservation-group-declares-western-black-rhino-officially-extinct/
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