c/upliftingnews · by alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 150d

Decades after poaching drove them to near extinction, rhinos are back in the wild in Uganda

https://news.mongabay.com/2026/03/decades-after-poaching-drove-them-extinct-rhinos-are-back-in-the-wild-in-uganda/

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8 Comments

SaltSong@startrek.website · 12 pts · 150d (7 replies)

Define "extinct?"

ilmagico@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 150d (4 replies)

The last of Uganda’s wild rhinos was killed in the early 1980s; the translocated animals come from a breeding program set up at Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary in 2005.

They were "extinct" in Uganda, not everywhere.

grue@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 150d (3 replies)

It's mildly annoying that the media doesn't seem to know the word "extirpated."

nieceandtows@programming.dev · 8 pts · 150d

TIL

Cris_Citrus@piefed.zip · 7 pts · 149d

I mean, even if they know it very few other people do so it wouldn't really be a helpful headline that informs the public what the article is about...

I appreciate you teaching me a new word though :)

jaemo@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 149d

I feel the same way about words like leucocholy, but I'm forplaint with the ugsome trend of rising of anti-intellectualism in our world today and no longer see the appeal of logomachies.

pdxfed@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 150d

Seriously, Fezzik moment here.

alphacyberranger@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 150d

Corrected the title