Geneva - A type of African rhino may soon have company. Africa's Western Black Rhino is officially declared extinct. Two others – the Northern White Rhino of central Africa and Vietnam's Javan Rhino – are “possibly extinct.” This includes the Javan Rhino population living on Indonesia's island of Java, which is declining.
"A lack of political support and willpower for conservation efforts in many rhino habitats, international organized crime groups targeting rhinos and increasing illegal demand for rhino horns and commercial poaching are the main threats faced by rhinos,” said the International Union for Conservation of Nature.
The Red List, which lists endangered species of plants and animals, contains more than 62,000 species which are monitored by conservationists.
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