The world’s population stands at about 7.2 billion people. The white rhinoceros population stands at five. There were six, but one died yesterday. The remaining five are in zoos, but not of reproductive age.
Rhinos are killed for their horns, thought to be an aphrodisiac by many people in the Far East.
The rhino news was buried in the back pages of the Morning Call. I would have run it on the front page with a very large headline. We really need to wake up to what we are doing both to this planet and to each other.
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