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Vietnam’s last rhino lost to poachers: declared extinct in Vietnam
Vietnam’s last rhino lost to poachers: declared extinct in Vietnam
Hanoi, Vietnam: a number of new reports in the global press mention that Vietnam lost its last rare Javan rhinoceros when poachers apparently killed the one remaining animal for its horn. This brings to an end Vietnam’s part of the rhino story forever. According to WWF, ever since last April when the remains of a rhino were found in Vietnam’s Cat Tien National Park there have been no sightings, footprints or dung from live rhinos in the park. Earlier in 2004, genetic analysis of rhino feces had confirmed that...