Species of rhino goes extinct - thanks Obama

[Mook]

I know the feelings of some people on this site about extinction and our effects on animals, but this is pretty sad regardless of who you are. Extinct not b/c of natural selection, but b/c humans can be real pieces of shit.

Western black rhino declared extinct | News.com.au

Edit: Wild black rhinos, there are still captive ones.

The International Union for Conservation of Nature said the western black rhino, native to West Africa, no longer exists and claimed that a quarter of all other mammal species are at risk of extinction.
Its updated "red list" of threatened species, the gold standard for animal and plant conservation, classified the Central African white rhino as "possibly extinct in the wild," and the Javan rhino is also making a last stand after Vietnamese poachers killed the last of its subspecies last year.

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[Turk]

I think we need to add an asterisk though, extinct not due to the white devil's insatiable appetite for material things, but more about the third worlds dumb fucking theories on ivory, shark fins, whale meat etc.

 

[Burtonrider10022]

Is it just me or do the two Rhinos in the picture look incredibly sad?


This is horrible news though, it's absolutely disgusting that people would kill such a bad-ass animal just for a horn.

 

[guspech750]

Yeaaaaaaaaaa.

More bad news. I love planet earth.

Sad indeed.

 

[Blood on Blood]

This is sad.

 

[Zack]

I say it all the time and I never tire doing so......
the ONLY way to fix earth and all of its inhabitants is to DEPOPULATE.

 

[GoldPanther]

Poor animals! Very sad!

 

[Ear Rak]

I say it all the time and I never tire doing so......
the ONLY way to fix earth and all of its inhabitants is to DEPOPULATE.

The quicker way would be to go human poaching in Africa.

Maybe do some human "whaling" in Asia/west pacific as well.

At least for the problems of animal extinction.

 

[Sprayin]

THANKS GLOBAL WARMING. First polar bears, now fucking rhinos.

 

[ChiLAX]

God damnit, could they have picked a sadder picture to go along with this? You hate to see something like this happen, especially because you know the people that hunt and kill these rhinos, as well as the people that buy the product, are worthless pieces of shit.

Don't even get me started on the Asian vs. everydamnthingintheocean debate. Fuck.

 

[Ear Rak]

If it weren't for global warming, we wouldn't have a need to expend all our extra ammo into animals that only further pollute the air with more CO2, since their breath intake is way more!

Problem solved. Kill all animals bigger than humans. Profit.

 

[Sprayin]

Technically I would consider it natural selection. Humans are part of the ecosystem just like any other species.

 

[Spivitz]

People suck

 

[PANDA]

fuck this... whats next the PANDA?

 

[Zack]

The earth is not affected by CO2 emmissions and that certainly did not cause global warming. The removal of trees to build homes is the biggest problem IMHO. Trees make oxygen, and keep everything in check.
Fun fact: The natural wildfires on earth every year pump out more toxic emissions than all vehicles on earth COMBINED.

 

[rocket5979]

The quicker way would be to go human poaching in Africa.

Maybe do some human "whaling" in Asia/west pacific as well.

At least for the problems of animal extinction.

It is funny that you mention poaching the poachers. For those that may not know, South Africa is the main hub of the entire world's white and black rhino population. I have ties there, go there yearly, and see what poachers are doing to the rhino there. It is horrific. For almost a year, I have been talking to someone about setting up a small anti-poaching task force to cover one of the large nature preserves (not Kruger) over there. The basic gist is that you can cover one hell of a lot of ground with a .338 Lapua from a high position, so staffing costs would not be that terribly high. Initial weaponry outfitting would be expensive, but that's essentially a one time investment. We might be pitching the idea to a certain fella with higher level ties to the preserve by mid December. I wouldn't mind moving over there and hunting those assholes.

 

[Rebel]

Might have missed it, but how is this obama's fault? These guys lived in africa, although still sad.

 

[Mook]

Everything is Obama's fault, duh.

 

[Mook]

More bad rhino news.

A northern white rhino has died. There are now five left in the entire world. - The Washington Post

Angalifu was 44 when he died of old age on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Calif. He was a northern white rhinoceros, a species on the brink of extinction. Following his death, there are just five northern white rhinos left worldwide, all in captivity.

 

[Chester Copperpot]

It is funny that you mention poaching the poachers. For those that may not know, South Africa is the main hub of the entire world's white and black rhino population. I have ties there, go there yearly, and see what poachers are doing to the rhino there. It is horrific. For almost a year, I have been talking to someone about setting up a small anti-poaching task force to cover one of the large nature preserves (not Kruger) over there. The basic gist is that you can cover one hell of a lot of ground with a .338 Lapua from a high position, so staffing costs would not be that terribly high. Initial weaponry outfitting would be expensive, but that's essentially a one time investment. We might be pitching the idea to a certain fella with higher level ties to the preserve by mid December. I wouldn't mind moving over there and hunting those assholes.

In.

 

[sickmint79]

i've switched programs in south africa and will be working at a cheetah rehabilitation center instead of a lion camp now. i just was reading a minute ago how some people estimate cheetahs may go extinct in 20 years because their genetic pool is so shallow and they have a lot of interbreeding/health problems as a result.

 

[DEEZUZ]

Fuck this gay earth and the shit fucks that occupy it

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

More bad rhino news.

A northern white rhino has died. There are now five left in the entire world. - The Washington Post

I guess with some crazy ass breeding plan combined with gene therapy to remove the bad genes that cause cancers and other health risks, aswell as an ideal ratio of male/female we could use cloning and others to repopulate.

As long as the parings didn't reinforce negative gene traits in the offspring you could try and save the population. And maybe with cloning and gene therapy it would help.

But hey, rather than save them with experimental techniques, we'll follow the laws against that kind of research and let the white rhino die.

 

[sickmint79]

I guess with some crazy ass breeding plan combined with gene therapy to remove the bad genes that cause cancers and other health risks, aswell as an ideal ratio of male/female we could use cloning and others to repopulate.

As long as the parings didn't reinforce negative gene traits in the offspring you could try and save the population. And maybe with cloning and gene therapy it would help.

But hey, rather than save them with experimental techniques, we'll follow the laws against that kind of research and let the white rhino die.

seems quite a challenge at 5!

 

[Thirdgen89GTA]

seems quite a challenge at 5!

Did some searching. Apparently they are already trying it, but the article is dated 2011.

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