The San Diego Zoo has two aging white rhinoceroses. A zoo in the Czech Republic has one. Four, minus their horns, are in a breeding facility in Kenya. (The horns are used in aphrodisiacs, which is why the rhinos are almost gone.) Two of Kenya group have been mating, but the last baby white rhino was born in 2000, so it looks like extinction is inevitable. This information came from the latest issue of Sierra, and I have no reason to doubt it.
Meanwhile the 7th billion human baby was born earlier this year. Demographers estimate that of all the humans that have existed on earth, one in fifteen is alive today. I’m thinking that aphrodisiacs are the last thing we need.
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