Claim: A recently published online article claimed that rhinoceroses have gone extinct, before then claiming that the last black rhinoceros died following a transfer to a new protected area. Both claims are false. While the western black rhinoceros subspecies was officially declared extinct in 2011, and eleven eastern black rhinos did die in July 2018 in Kenya, rhinos are not extinct.Rhinos are now extinct
Fact-check: Rhinos have not gone extinct
Verdict: fake
Organisation: AFP Fact Check
Author: Louis Baudoin-Laarman
Date published: 2024-04-17T16:44:09