

Because biorescue has collected eggs from Najin and Fatu, the organization is attempting to implant artificially developed embryos into different subspecies of the species in order to produce offspring. Northern white rhinoceroses are thought to be extinct after Sudan, the world’s last northern white rhinoceros, died in 2018, and there are no known male ones. The subspecies have been declared extinct by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), according to its Red List. The global assessment of threatened species released recently concluded that there is no wild black rhinoceros in West Africa. The subspecies were officially declared extinct in 2011 after no sightings for a decade. The presence of rhinoceros was not reliably discovered during 23 field patrols.

Cameroon, a country known for its violent crime and corruption, is thought to be home to the western black rhinoceros. The International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) declared the West African black rhinoceros extinct in 2011. When the species’ decline was not sudden, most social media posts in April 2015 speculated as to its recent status. The western black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis longipes) has been extinct for over 1,000 years. The last western rhino was seen in 2006, and the species was declared extinct in 2011. The western rhino was hunted to extinction for its horn, which was used in traditional Chinese medicine. The western rhino was a subspecies of rhinoceros that once lived in parts of Africa.

Today, the western rhino is considered extinct.
