Sunday, December 25, 2011

Poachers Drive Javan Rhino to Extinction in Vietnam [Updated]

Sad news coming out of Vietnam today: the Javan rhinoceros subspecies (Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus), once endemic to Southeast Asia, has been confirmed as extinct, according to WWF International. There are now officially no rhinos left in Vietnam. This is the second of the three Javan rhino subspecies to be hunted into extinction. The first, the [...]

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