Western Black Rhino Declared Extinct

http://earthfirstnews.wordpress.com/2013/05/07/western-black-rhino-declared-extinct/

This is very sad news :(

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Boo friggin hoo. It's a rhino, who gives a crap? Species go extinct all the time.

Sad but that' s nature.

For some reason I saw your topic title and read Wesbro Baptist Church Declared Extinct.Meinhard1

We have the highest variation of unique species on the planet today than we've ever had before. This is to be expected. Furthermore the rise of humanity is beating out all of the species that are struggling to adapt.

Really is survival of the fittest out there. 

Sad but that' s nature.

johnd13

If by nature you mean primarily poaching and other destructive man-driven activities, then yeah.

People are kinda shrugging this off as some act of nature, but it's a sad story of being targeted for idiotic reasons (their horns cure cancer!).  Luckily it seems that some of the governments involved are starting to take action against it and stop this idiotic trade.

We have the highest variation of unique species on the planet today than we've ever had before. This is to be expected. Furthermore the rise of humanity is beating out all of the species that are struggling to adapt.

Really is survival of the fittest out there. 

Wasdie

So entire species being erradicated over the f'ing braindead idea their horns are magical is an ok and expected outcome?

For some reason I saw your topic title and read Wesbro Baptist Church Declared Extinct.Meinhard1

So entire species being erradicated over the f'ing braindead idea their horns are magical is an ok and expected outcome?Renevent42

Renevent42

So entire species being erradicated over the f'ing braindead idea their horns are magical is an ok and expected outcome?

So is the entire ecosystem going to collapse now?

Boo friggin hoo. It's a rhino, who gives a crap? Species go extinct all the time.

svenus97

[Insert animal] to replace the rhino and it's still sad, no matter what species. 

So entire species being erradicated over the f'ing braindead idea their horns are magical is an ok and expected outcome?

Renevent42

No it's quite idiotic, but it still stands that humanity is much higher up on the food chain and has the ability to wipe out other species as it so pleases. Not saying it is right to do so. Don't try to put words in my mouth.

That said, I'm not about to start some internet crusade about it as I can't really do anything about what people in other nations do. I myself don't go shooting up animals and drive them to extinction nor does my nation allow that to be done anymore and has a lot of laws to protect wildlife. Not much more I can do so I'm not going to get all up in arms about it. 

It's sad, but what exactly can we do about it posting on an internet forum?

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gamerguru100

Fvck poachers

People let it go extinct because it's black. If it were a "Western White Rhino", then people would've save it.

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The_Gaming_Baby

People let it go extinct because it's black. If it were a "Western White Rhino", then people would've save it.

whipassmt

Sad but that' s nature.

johnd13

no worries, kids. there's still plenty more rhinos out there to get horns from.

In my biology class I had to give a persuasive speech on a topic of my choosing and I took species extinction once upon a time.

Basically, Earth was here long before we were and will be here long after we are gone.  99.99% of all life that has ever existed has gone extinct.  This, however does not mean we shouldn't care when current species go extinct due to humans.  I, for one, like it when more varied species exist.  How cool would it have been to see a tasmanian tiger?  Will our grandchildren's grandchildren be able to see a live bison or galopagos tortoises or cheatahs or tigers?

The world will be very boring if all we have are cockroaches, cows, pigs, pigeons and squirrels.

Fvck poachers

Aljosa23

manipulated nature.VaguelyTagged

;How cool would it have been to see a tasmanian tiger? GummiRaccoon

[QUOTE="VaguelyTagged"]manipulated nature.Zeviander

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gamerguru100

I appreciate George Carlin, but people take whatever the man says and act as though it's infallible.  The man was just another guy with opinions, some of which he likely exaggerated for the sake of his show too.

]lmao who claimed that?Aljosa23

Boo friggin hoo. It's a rhino, who gives a crap? Species go extinct all the time.

svenus97

What exactly do you care about?

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]]lmao who claimed that?Zeviander

Oh please, he was just pointing out that this was a completely manmade problem.

Nothing of importance was lost.

Anyway, I blame Hemet Nesingwary.

Oh please, he was just pointing out that this was a completely manmade problem.TacticalDesire

Anyway, I blame Hemet Nesingwary.

Storm_Marine

[QUOTE="TacticalDesire"]Oh please, he was just pointing out that this was a completely manmade problem.Zeviander

There are only an estimated 29,000 rhinos remaining worldwide. The animals are coveted in certain countries due to the false belief that their horns can cure or fend off cancer. Poachers have capitalized on this superstition and dehorned thousands of the animals in multiple countries even in national parks.

]That's dumb logic. Let's just exterminate every single animal on the planet because "who's to say they wouldn't have gone extinct on their own?"Aljosa23

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]]That's dumb logic. Let's just exterminate every single animal on the planet because "who's to say they wouldn't have gone extinct on their own?"Zeviander

Though in all honesty I get what you mean but it still upsets me to have humans meddling with nature in ways like this.

Though in all honesty I get what you mean but it still upsets me to have humans meddling with nature in ways like this.Aljosa23

[QUOTE="Aljosa23"]Though in all honesty I get what you mean but it still upsets me to have humans meddling with nature in ways like this.Zeviander