By GATU MBARIA
On Tuesday, the world received the sad news that the last male Sumatran rhino was dead, leaving behind a sole female that lives in protected rather than natural space.
Last year, the world had received news of the death in Northern Kenya of Sudan, arguably the last surviving white rhino in the world, provoking debate on whether science can do anything to reverse the extinction of spaces like rhinos and scores of others facing extinction in a generation.
Below is a pick of the species human activity and changing ecosystems have consigned to near extinction.
- The Ethiopian wolf is considered Africa’s most endangered carnivore.
Domiciled in Bale Mountain National Park, there are only about 500 left. Threats to their survival emanate from loss of habitat, expansion of farmland and diseases contracted from domestic dogs. The Mexican grey wolf also faces the same predicament
- The Pangolin’s scales are used to produce some traditional medicine in Asia.
The docile, gentle animal, mainly found in South Africa, is no match for profit-driven illegal traffickers. Read more…
