But while Internet users lamented the news in 2011, 2013, and again 2015, the western black rhino's extinction was first noted in 2006. Sources Lagrot, Isabelle and John-Francois.

The West African black rhino is now feared extinct and numbers of the northern white rhino have reached an all time low in the wild. In both cases, poaching for rhino horn is the main cause of ...

A black dehorned rhinoceros is followed by a calf on August 3, 2012 at the Bona Bona Game Reserve, southeast of Johannesburg, South Africa. The western black rhino subspecies (not pictured) has ...

Africa’s western black rhino is now officially extinct according the latest review of animals and plants by the world’s largest conservation network. CNN values your feedback 1.

West African black rhino may be extinct West African black rhino may be extinct mongabay.com July 17, 2006 Recent surveys conducted by IUCN in northern Cameroon found no evidence of the West ...

The International Union for the Conservation of Nature is officially declaring the western black rhino of Africa extinct. In its latest assessment of the situation, the IUCN says two other sub ...

Africa’s Western black rhino was officially declared extinct in 2011, according to the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN). The subspecies was last seen in 2006.

West Africa's version of the black rhino appears to be extinct, the World Conservation Union has said after an intensive survey had failed to find any sign of the west African black rhino in its ...

BROOKFIELD, Ill. —The oldest living male Eastern Black Rhinoceros in a North American zoo was humanely euthanized Wednesday at the Brookfield Zoo, according to the Chicago Zoological Society.

In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, file photo, rhinos walk in the Hluhluwe Game Reserve in South Africa. World Rhino Day is Sept. 22. (AP Photo/Schalk van Zuydam, File) In this Sunday, Dec. 20, 2015, … ...

South Africa has seen a devastating increase in poaching in recent years as black-market demand for rhino horn has grown. Last year poachers killed 448 rhinos, up from 333 in 2010 and just 13 in 2007.