Still Waters Posted January 5, 2013 #1 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It's official: There are no more rhinos left in Vietnam. A large female Javan rhino, estimated to be between 15 and 25 years old, was shot and killed in late April 2010, and had its horn removed by a poacher. Turns out it was the country's last... http://www.livescien...no-extinct.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistydawn Posted January 5, 2013 #2 Share Posted January 5, 2013 crap Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chooky88 Posted January 5, 2013 #3 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Awfully sad. A complete unique species. No surprise as Vietnam is the world's largest consumer of rhino horn. Complete idiots believe that rhino horn is a cure all, sadly complete idiots with $$ to squandered. Alice animals are worth so much more than dead ones. I'm 43,I expect to see many more animals go extinct in my lifetime due to greed and ignorance. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptid-Seeker Posted January 5, 2013 #4 Share Posted January 5, 2013 Well thats my day ruined... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistydawn Posted January 5, 2013 #5 Share Posted January 5, 2013 It's official: There are no more rhinos left in Vietnam. A large female Javan rhino, estimated to be between 15 and 25 years old, was shot and killed in late April 2010, and had its horn removed by a poacher. Turns out it was the country's last... http://www.livescien...no-extinct.html Have to say that the knowledge that Rhinos were ever in vietnam is not just news to me, but astounding. The fact that they were, and we lovely humans have annihilated them, not so good. 2013, my first great news, not so good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ancient astronaut Posted January 6, 2013 #6 Share Posted January 6, 2013 This Is Mankinds Legacy, the destruction of our earth and everything on it, unfortunate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CRIPTIC CHAMELEON Posted January 6, 2013 #7 Share Posted January 6, 2013 This is utterly unexceptable on today's standards, why we haven't yet made an area for these endangered animals is beyond me governments spend millions upon millions on weapons but cant build a reserve for these animals. I know we have plenty of spare land in oz surely we can make a reserve for these animals and bring them here till it safe to take them back and I am pretty sure the average aussie block doesn't need rhino horn to make hes penis bigger. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr.United_Nations Posted January 6, 2013 #8 Share Posted January 6, 2013 I have a feeling there is some roaming around Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSpoonyOne Posted January 7, 2013 #9 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) Frankly, I'm sick to death of having adverts appear on television telling me, a European, to donate money to save animals in parts of the world I'll never go to, and I have donated by the way, only for the people/governments actually living there letting them become extinct anyway. I'm tired of giving money only for these animals to become extinct anyway. Honestly, I'm at the point where I'm just going to say that if the governments and native people of these countries don't give enough of a damn to save these animals, then why should I bother anymore? Edited January 7, 2013 by TheSpoonyOne Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AsteroidX Posted January 7, 2013 #10 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Start local Think Global. These things just happen and like the Oz poster stated theres much better options then whats going on today. Sad news. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamLegend Posted January 7, 2013 #11 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Remember the rhino is only extinct in Vietnam. There are still some left in Indonesia. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csspwns Posted January 7, 2013 #12 Share Posted January 7, 2013 This is utterly unexceptable on today's standards, why we haven't yet made an area for these endangered animals is beyond me governments spend millions upon millions on weapons but cant build a reserve for these animals. I know we have plenty of spare land in oz surely we can make a reserve for these animals and bring them here till it safe to take them back and I am pretty sure the average aussie block doesn't need rhino horn to make hes penis bigger. there is a reservation in Java, Indonesia where the last of the rhinos live Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myles Posted January 7, 2013 #13 Share Posted January 7, 2013 I'm sorry to say it, but I have to disagree. We cannot destroy the Earth or any living organism on it, we can only destroy ourselves. And that's what we're doing right now, destroying ourselves, because we are unable to understand how essential the natural world is for our survival.Humanity may become extinct but not life itself. Because... "Life finds a way"(I had been waiting for ages for a chance to say this XD ) Sure we can. Just look at the Thylacine. It was a living species and now it is not. While we may be destroying ourselves in the process, we are most certainly destroying other living organisms. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KainFall Posted January 7, 2013 #14 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Can you imagine? that in a puddle somewhere in a deep dark cave.. A new colony of a species is being made.. Anyone familiar with the Quran? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistydawn Posted January 7, 2013 #15 Share Posted January 7, 2013 Remember the rhino is only extinct in Vietnam. There are still some left in Indonesia. Give it time.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MJNYC Posted January 7, 2013 #16 Share Posted January 7, 2013 (edited) We are all connected. I truly believe that every time we contribute to the extinction of a species, whether it be plant or animal, we are just killing ourselves. But, those ignorant enough to kill a rhino for it's body parts would never understand that. Edited January 7, 2013 by MJNYC 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hawken Posted January 8, 2013 #17 Share Posted January 8, 2013 Frankly, I'm sick to death of having adverts appear on television telling me, a European, to donate money to save animals in parts of the world I'll never go to, and I have donated by the way, only for the people/governments actually living there letting them become extinct anyway. I'm tired of giving money only for these animals to become extinct anyway. Honestly, I'm at the point where I'm just going to say that if the governments and native people of these countries don't give enough of a damn to save these animals, then why should I bother anymore? They probably spend more money to advertise then actual money used to help the species. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
justcalmebubba Posted January 8, 2013 #18 Share Posted January 8, 2013 the more we hurt the earth the more we kill our selves may not be any short term effects but long term deffently but them i realy cant say a lot cause i do hunt for food not trophies there is a difference Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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