Last male northern white rhino's death highlights 'huge extinction crisis'
by Matthew Taylor and Hannah Ellis-Petersen from Environment | The Guardian on (#3JNVX)
The tragic death of Sudan the rhino should act as a warning of the need to act to prevent mass extinctions around the world, say conservationists
Conservationists have warned that the death of the last male northern white rhinoceros in Kenya is a sign that unsustainable human activity is driving a new era of mass extinctions around the globe.
Sudan, the "gentle giant" who lived in the Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya, was put down on Monday after the pain from a degenerative illness became too great.
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