BAD IDEA OF THE WEEK: Extinction

A northern white rhino has died. There are now five left in the entire world. Angalifu was 44 when he died of old age on Sunday at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, California. He was a northern white rhinoceros, a species on the brink of extinction. Following his death, there are just five northern white rhinos left worldwide, all in captivity. That's five northern white rhinos compared to over seven billion humans. The San Diego Zoo has one remaining northern white rhino, an elderly female named Nola. Despite the hopes of conservationists, Angalifu and Nola were unable to breed, and in addition to Nola, the world's only remaining northern white rhinos are:

• Sudan, a male living in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. He's now the final remaining male of his species.
• Najin and Fatu, two females living in the Kenya preserve with Sudan.
• An elderly female at the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic. The zoo is responsible for the care of Sudan, Najin, and Fatu, and sent them to Kenya as part of a last-ditch breeding program.

Proud of yourselves, poachers? Thanks to your crap, that particular species has likely already lost its last chance for natural reproduction. In October, a male called Suni - the first of his kind ever born in captivity - died of unknown causes in Kenya, where he was part of the breeding program with Sudan, Najin, and Fatu.