There’s endangered,and then there’s critically endangered, and then there’s the northern white rhino. There are just four—four!—northern white rhinos left on earth. The population has been cut nearly in half—from seven to four—in just the last 12 months. Even using the word “endangered to portray their scrape seems dishonest—whether left to nature, and they are gone. Their conservation status should read “hopeless.”Read more...
Source: gawker.com