Vietnam's rare Javan rhinoceros was declared extinct in that area after poachers killed the last remaining animal in the country for its horns, the World Wildlife Fund said.
“Vietnam must see this loss as another warning sign of its looming wave of species extinctions,” Dr. Barney Long, WWF’s Asian species expert, said in a statement. “The single most important action that is needed to save remaining threatened species like tigers and elephants is protection.”
The country had been struggling to keep the population alive amid widespread poaching that the WWF said was the cause of many Asian rhino species being brought to the "brink of extinction."
The WWF said people in certain parts of Asia believe the horns, when ground down and dissolved in boiling water, help treat typhoid fever or even cancer, the WWF said, noting that there has been no scientific proof of that.
The group said trying to bring the species back into the area won't work.
“Reintroduction of the rhinoceros to Vietnam is not economically or practically feasible," WWF’s Asian Elephant and Rhino Program Coordinator Dr. Christy Williams said. "It is gone from Vietnam forever."
So now, the Javan rhino only exists in one area in the world, according to the WWF.
The Javan rhinoceros is in danger of becoming extinct.
The group reported that there is one population of less than 50 animals in the Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Now, workers will turn their attention there, working with anti-poaching patrols to hopefully keep the species from going extinct.
“For the Javan rhino, we now have to focus entirely on one site in Indonesia where strengthened protection is needed along with fast-tracking the proposed translocation and habitat management,” Long said.
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How do we know that it is misinformation. What arrogance the western world has? Who are you to make such judgements, when your men pop Viagra so as they can perform at a minimum level. You assume that we have not observed and that we are not capable of analyzing the result of our observation. Pure western arrogance.
New york City: "The events of Genovese's death are subject to dispute. Certain accounts suggest that her cries for help were heard and ignored by numerous residents at the apartment. Other accounts, as detailed below, suggest that residents did not hear her pleas or did provide assistance or both. The exact details of what happened are unknown.
Genovese had driven home from her job working as a bar manager early in the morning of March 13, 1964. Arriving home at about 3:15 a.m. she parked in the Long Island Rail Road parking lot about 100 feet (30 m) from her apartment's door, located in an alley way at the rear of the building. As she walked towards the building she was approached by Winston Moseley.[2] Frightened, Genovese began to run across the parking lot and towards the front of her building located on Austin Street trying to make it up to the corner towards the major thoroughfare of Lefferts Boulevard. However, Moseley, who ran after her, quickly overtook her and stabbed her twice in the back. Genovese screamed, "Oh my God, he stabbed me! Help me!" Her cry was heard by several neighbors but, on a cold night with the windows closed, only a few of them recognized the sound as a cry for help. When Robert Mozer, one of the neighbors, shouted at the attacker, "Let that girl alone!" Moseley ran away and Genovese slowly made her way toward the rear entrance of her apartment building.[9] She was seriously injured, but now out of view of those few who may have had reason to believe she was in need of help".(1( American don't care ignored the call for help and then let her lay and die. This is as misleading as your statements that Asian don't care about life.
! From Wikipedia, Murder of Kitty Genovese
What can we really expect from yet another backwards myth-based culture. This sort of stuff is sad but we need to remember where it all happens and by whom. Monkey brains, sacred cows and all the rest...irrelevant....let 'em do their thing and just let them be.
Wildlife control under communism.
To D Blake; It is the "people before animals" mantra that has got us into this mess. What will happen when there are no more animals? What ever happened to the Animal Contract? We filled it full of bullet holes with our laser sighted AK 47's.
Mr. Right Wing Man. You sir, are an IDIOT!
WHAT IS WRONG WITH PEOPLE???????? WON'T BE HAPPY UNTIL YOU KILL EVERYTHING???????? YOU SUCK!!!!!!
HOPE MOTHER EARTH TAKES YOUR BUTTS RIGHT OFF THIS PLANET.....AGAIN YOU SUCK IF YOU KILL!!!
HOPE YOU ALL GET WHATS COMING TO YOU!!!
Actually, they don't. Google "china toddler hit by truck" and watch fro yourself. The asian americans don't have this problem – it's not inherent, it's environmental; it's asian society.
Yes, most of them.... relatively speaking compared to the West. Western Asians have better awareness. Animal rights as we know it today is a uniquely Western value.
"Asians don't give a crap about life".
And what pure-as-snow nationality are you?
Then why the current controversy in China over the baby that was run over in the street repeatedly and left to die until a passerby rescued him. He later died in hospital. Much soul searching in China now, and the driver was caught on a security cam and is now under arrest. We should watch the trial. Look again at Viet-Nam, which DID stop the genocides in Cambodia by Pol Pot's murderous gang. That took four hundred thousand troops and several months to do it. For Viet Nam to do this was a supreme sacrifice of their taxpayers' money, a sacrifice for which they recieved NO thanks from the world.
It's a problem all over the world, but there is no question misinformation that is not being corrected in Asian countries regarding these foolish beliefs in medicinal benefits of horns/tusks is a heavy burden for animals across the globe. If it's incredibly rare and on the verge of extinction (such as elephants and tigers in many parts of the world), the Asian population wants to grind down their parts and consume them. What can you do?
ummm.............the Dali Lama...your statement does not apply to all Asians, that's a rather ignorant statement. you should reevaluate your statement i think.
Given the choice between feeding your family and the life of an animal – even if said animal is rare, I can think of where 90% of would choose. These aren't rich folks looking for more $. It's basic survival – for most of these folks. Target the rich folks that buy this stuff – a rhino horn probably costs ALOT as do shark fins, and other rare animal parts.