Western Black Rhino Extinct
He was a great ambassador for his species and he will be remembered not only for the rhinoceros but also for the work he did to raise global awareness about the plight of thousands of other. WWF launched an international effort to save wildlife in 1961 rescuing black rhinosamong many other speciesfrom the brink of extinction. Africa S Western Black Rhino Is Now Officially Extinct The Western Black Rhino of Africa was declared officially extinct Thursday by a leading conservation group. Western black rhino extinct . West African Black Rhino Baby. T he Western black rhinoceros has officially been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN the worlds largest conservation network. The main reason the West African black rhino is extinct is because of poachers or illegal hunters. The International Union for Conservation of Nature says the Northern White Rhino of central Africa is now possibly extinct in the wild and the Javan Rhino probably extin