Western Black Rhinos

On Thursday, November 10, the Western Black Rhino was declareds extinct. This news means a lot to me. If I tell this to someone, they would probably say, "It's just a subspecies... it doesn't matter. I'm sure there are plenty more rhinos in the world." It's JUST a subspecies??? It DOESN'T matter???  PLENTY MORE??? There happens to only be 5 subspecies. 3 of which are critically endangered. And for those of you who don't know what that means, it means that they are on the brink of extinction. ALL of the rhinos are endangered, but 3 of them are near extinction. Still, ALL are endangered. WHY? Because some people think that its ok to just shoot a rhino and cut off their horns. And why do they cut off their horns? Because some people think that the rhino horns are helpful in Eastern traditional medicines. But are they? NO. Rhino horns have not been scientifically proven to be a helpful ingredient in medicines. Even if they are, it is NOT right to just shoot an animal and cut off parts of its body. What makes them think that we are superior to animals and that they are inferior? Once, I asked a fellow student of mine: "What do you think about human beings using all the resources and killing all the animals?" You know what s/he said? S/he said: "I think its fine. The resources and animals are here for us to use." CAN YOU BELIEVE IT? I WANTED TO SLAP S/HE. I wanted to yell in his/her face that HUMAN BEINGS CAME A LOT LATER THAN MOST OF THE SPECIES HERE. Human beings have only been around for about 200,000 years, while techinically, the earth is about 4.5 billion years old. So do the math. This is sounding like a rant. But I'm just so sick of all the ignorant people of this world. How could they look an animal in the eye and pull the trigger? How could they cut down a tree without batting an eye? I'm not saying that I'm not using all these resources, I'm just saying that atleast I am conscious of all the energy I'm using up. One of my dreams as a child was to pay back to Mother Earth, because as a child, I've asked myself: Who am I to use up all these resources and energy? It's like paying back a debt. If you borrowed something, you return it. So I want to do something that could change the world. And when I say the world I don't mean the world of humans, I mean the world of Mother Earth and all the other living beings. If people would just open their eyes, they could see the beauty of the world, and not be blinded by all the killing and wasting. I sincerally hope this would happen one day.