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[Dice]

Dragging our national identity into their own stupidity for that extra level of douchebag.

 

[Measley]

WTF do you even do with a Rhino corpse? Mount the head or something? The rest of the corpse just rots away because you want to stare at a dead Rhino's head on your wall?

I'll never understand that trophy hunting shit.

 

[American Eskimo]

Why aren't they all in San Diego?

 

[rokkerkory]

Humans what are we good for?

 

[Cat Party]

With such a small genetic pool to draw from, even if artificial insemination works... won't it lead to all sorts of problems for the progeny?

The white rhino is functionally extinct.

Again, there are 20K white rhinos. This is a subspecies. It's sad, but we're not losing an entire species here.

 

[Dai101]

"Fucking everything since 1776!"

 

[Joni]

With that amount left, why not just round them up in a zoo? I'd think that would give more possibilities in protecting the species.

With such a small genetic pool to draw from, even if artificial insemination works... won't it lead to all sorts of problems for the progeny?

They'll intercross them with the Southern ones.

 

[Earthstrike]

I'm willing to bet the stress applied to the animals would great decrease the prospects of mating. Also, it sounds like it's just one of the four females at another location.

 

[Bsigg12]

This some Mad Max feeling....

The look on that rhino is heartbreaking.

 

[Polioliolio]

These aren't first world countries. They don't have the resources.

This is the sort of thing that should be a high priority to the United Nations.

US will 'liberate' Iraqis but doesn't give a hoot here.

 

[Dai101]

The look on that rhino is heartbreaking.

That he has to be mutilated so he can survive is pretty disheartening.

 

[killer rin]

Thats just sad :'(

 

[adamsappel]

WTF do you even do with a Rhino corpse? Mount the head or something? The rest of the corpse just rots away because you want to stare at a dead Rhino's head on your wall?

I'll never understand that trophy hunting shit.

The justification is usually that the animal to be killed is old/lame and the hunters pay a lot of money for the privilege of shooting it, and the meat is distributed to the locals. I don't know if collecting a trophy to mount is part of it.

 

[Wag]

He needs some Prozac ASAP. 😢

 

[Tavares4Life]

Are white rhinos a breed or just albino?

 

[HTupolev]

Are white rhinos a breed or just albino?

They're considered a species.

 

[LookAtMeGo]

Yeah, that's really sad. Humans are fucking jackasses.

 

[Daingurse]

Fuck, there's no way that's a viable population. Effectively extinct.

 

[yogloo]

Fucking American express.

 

[Archer]

Homie knows his days are numbered.

 

[Sch1sm]

Low sperm count on the male. Well.

That's that, then. Should still try getting it to impregnate Najin, but then there's no way to tell if she'd even have a male. So, RIP.

Maybe this will kickstart some more preservation legislation in the first world for even the species just barely bordering extinction.

 

[Dead]

The Internet's favorite big game hunter liked Rhinos too.

These aren't the endangered ones, but it still sucks.

pieces of shit. All of them.

 

[xbhaskarx]

The Internet's favorite big game hunter liked Rhinos too.

I thought the Trump boys were our favorite big game hunters?

 

[B-Dubs]

They can do that, but it takes a rhino a year and a half to give birth to a single calf, and they can only have 10 or so in their lifetime. Recovery would take forever, even if we ignore the severe genetic bottleneck

I remember reading, the last time this thread topic came around, that they haven't quite figured out fertilization in rhinos, or whatever it was that was the problem, and odds are like 50/50 it would even work.

 

[Rentahamster]

So superstitious Chinese medicine is to blame? Really?

That is really depressing.

Habitat loss due to human development and agriculture as well.

So whats stopping them from using the male rhino sperm to impregninate the other females?

I think they've been trying that.

 

[Waldini]

I really just don't understand how ANY human can kill another living being? I just can't. Money? Sport? Fuck off.

4 .... FOUR. F-O-U-R are left. Fucking hell.

Things like this makes me sick to my stomach.

 

[red731]

This is sad. I am sad now.

 

[Rogan]

That picture in the OP is something else.

 

[warthog]

What the fuck is wrong with some people. Why do they want to prove they are complete scum so bad?? Are they really that stupid beyond any scale that they believe it proves their manliness or whatever, fuck that.

 

[jelly]

Infuriating. Hunters like those and Asian medicine nonsense needs to be stopped.

 

[Lightning Count]

Just make sure that dentist from Minnesota stays the hell away from them, or he'll likely try and out their heads on his wall.

 

[HazySaiyan]

Man, this just breaks my heart, humans are bunch of fucking idiots. An amazing animal dying out because of bullshit superstitions, greed and pure ego. It's disgusting.

Oh Jesus, this is too much...

 

[jerry1594]

Good job retards. I hope your dick staying the same size was worth it.

 

[Dragon1893]

Always so sad to see a species (or sub-species in this case) disappear forever.
Those fucking losers in the pics above can burn in hell.

 

[Lug Nuts]

That picture is just too perfect. Holy shit.

MURICA CONQUER ALL

 

[StayDead]

Why do people think other people are cool for shooting animals like this. What the hell is wrong with our species.

Hunting for sport is barbaric.

 

[CTLance]

Humanity was a mistake.

it's nothing but trash.

The gravity of the world’s current extinction rate becomes clearer upon knowing what it was before people came along. A new estimate finds that species die off as much as 1,000 times more frequently nowadays than they used to. That’s 10 times worse than the old estimate of 100 times.

 

[ramuh]

Hunting for sport is barbaric.

Agreed. I'm a avid hunter but I eat and store the meat I kill. Elk (good luck getting a bull tag) but Deer mostly. I also like to dove hunt (they are delicious!).

 

[Dinokill]

I blame Daniel Bryan and the likes for this:

 

[Joni]

While hunting for sport is despicable, the ivory is the problem here. Species was absolutely destroyed 40 years ago.

 

[Currygan]

please keep that asshole dentist far from them

edit: beaten with a spiked mace like he should be

 

[R10Neymarfan]

I hope scientists took their DNA. The only way to save them is through cloning :/

 

[Kup]

I knew I shouldn't have entered this thread...

 

[TAJ]

There isn't one at the San Diego Zoo. She's at what's now called the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. (formerly called the San Diego Wild Animal Park, but always owned by the same non-profit as the zoo)

While hunting for sport is despicable, the ivory is the problem here. Species was absolutely destroyed 40 years ago.

There's no ivory on these animals.

 

[Aurongel]

Accelerating towards our Blade Runner future.

 

[Joni]

There's no ivory on these animals.

True, keratin. Got them mixed up. Point still stands, majority of them has fallen victim to horn theft.

 

[bengraven]

If we can't get a viable embryo from elderly rhino spunk and some donor eggs, then how the fuck are we even considering cloning dinosaurs?

 

[StayDead]

Agreed. I'm a avid hunter but I eat and store the meat I kill. Elk (good luck getting a bull tag) but Deer mostly. I also like to dove hunt (they are delicious!).

If you realised the animals you were hunting to eat were in danger or their numbers were thinning, you would stop right?

 

[J-Fr]

I remember there was a thread a year ago about the 6 remaining northern white rhinos.

The poor rhino he almost look's like he knows he's the last one.

 

[NoblesseOblige]

To those deciding to blame this all on America, you can also thank the UK. British East Africa is where African Safari hunts were born. Not to mention Chinese pseudo-medicines.