How many animals have gone extinct as a result of human behavior since the advent of humans? That number may never be figured out, as countless animals quietly went extinct, and on 23 November, Iman, Malaysia's last Sumatra rhinoceros, died, declaring the country's extinction.
Iman, the last Sumatran rhino in the Malaysian Borneo Rhino Sanctuary, was 25 years old when she died. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN), there are fewer than 80 wild Sumatran rhinos left.
In 2014, Iman was captured and she was involved in a plan to save the Sumatran rhinoceros, however, she was not in good health, so she has been living in pain. According to Malaysian Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Christina Liu, Iman eventually died of shock.
According to the World Wildlife Fund, the Sumatran rhino is the most "pocket-sized" subspecies of the rhino family, and in general, these baby rhinos are about 1 meter tall, 4 meters long and weigh about 900 kilograms. Due to her illness, Iman weighed only 476 kilograms and could be said to be "skinny".
Six months before Iman's death, Malaysia also lost its last male, Kretam, a Sumatran rhinoceros, who was 30 years old at the time of his death. Currently, there is still a wild population of Sumatran rhinos that live in the forests of sumatra and Borneo islands in Indonesia.
The Sumatran Rhino Rescue Group was powerless to do anything about Iman's death, and Jon Rodriguez, chairman of the IUCN Species Survival Committee, said in a statement: "The death of Iman, Malaysia's last Sumatran rhinoceros, marks the species on the way to tragedy. ”
"Now, there are fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos left on Earth, living in the jungles of Indonesia, precarious and dazed. Iman's death underscores the international community's last-ditch effort to save the Sumatran rhino from extinction. Despite the tragedy, we will continue to support the Indonesian government in developing the final conservation plan to save the Sumatra rhinoceros. ”
Whether it is inadvertent mistakes or deliberate actions, human beings have made too many animals extinct, "through the ages, how many unjust souls sigh", if human beings do not repent, I am afraid that in the end it will be themselves who will suffer losses.
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