The West African black rhino appears to have become extinct, according to the World Conservation Union (IUCN). 
An intense survey of Northern Cameroon, the rhinos last known existing habitat, found no evidence of the rhino's survival; only evidence of intense poaching. Once numbering 100,000 in 1900, there are now 0 due to human activities. In 1990, a personal guard was to be assigned to each of the 15 remaining rhinos. I guess that didn't work. And the Northern White Rhino was last counted at 4 individuals in Congo and is thought to become the next victim of extinction. Though extinction is a natural occurence in nature, the rate to which humans are causing species to disappear is almost too much to take in. 
An intense survey of Northern Cameroon, the rhinos last known existing habitat, found no evidence of the rhino's survival; only evidence of intense poaching. Once numbering 100,000 in 1900, there are now 0 due to human activities. In 1990, a personal guard was to be assigned to each of the 15 remaining rhinos. I guess that didn't work. And the Northern White Rhino was last counted at 4 individuals in Congo and is thought to become the next victim of extinction. Though extinction is a natural occurence in nature, the rate to which humans are causing species to disappear is almost too much to take in. 
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