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May 31, 2007
Zoo: Rare rhino death leaves only 13 worldwide
SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A rare northern white rhinoceros died Wednesday at the San Diego Zoo, dwindling the critically endangered species' population to as few as 13 worldwide, zoo officials said.Nadi was one of three northern white rhinos at the zoo's Wild Animal Park. No cause of death was given, but the female rhino had shown signs of old age, the zoo said in a statement.
Nadi, believed to be more than 40 years old, was brought from Africa in 1972 and was part of a group maintained at the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic.
She and another female rhino named Nola came to the Wild Animal Park in San Diego in 1989 as part of an effort to breed the species.
How sad. 13 left world wide. It appears we will have another complete extinction soon. For all intensive purposes it's funtionally extinct now. Very sad indeed.
Via CNN.
Posted by Dianne at May 31, 2007 6:28 PM
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