Take one species out and everything starts to crumble.” The western black rhino was declared extinct seven years ago, another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes ...

the norther white rhinoceros and the western black rhinoceros. Though some northern white rhinos still exist under heavy guard, the only two specimens are female and cannot reproduce. The biggest ...

In 2007, 13 rhinos were recorded as having been killed; by 2015, that number had risen to 1,175. The Western black rhino was declared extinct in 2011, with the primary cause identified as poaching.

Black Rhinos are Critically Endangered. Already, the Western Black Rhino subspecies is extinct, and all remaining populations are precariously close to the same fate. “All five of the world’s rhino ...

Take one species out and everything starts to crumble.” The western black rhino was declared extinct seven years ago, another victim of the lucrative and illegal rhino-horn trade. Vitale hopes ...