Death of the Western Black Rhino

I made designs on the horn since the last western black rhino was killed due to poaching. Bringing emphasis to the main reason people hunt these animals.

I had issues with the sky, so that's why it looks that way, but it helps add to what the tree i think.

Took awhile, done in prisma markers, gel pen and ink brush pens.

EDIT:I got my subspecies of the black rhino mixed up, but I still wanted to bring awareness to them, especially considering the Javan rhino in Vietnam has gone extinct there, due to the same reasons the western has gone. Their are only a few Javan rhinos in wilds of Asia.
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Sadly the Western Black Rhino has gone extinct in the wild mainly due to poaching. Hence the last leaf floating off the now dead wild growing tree.

Was listening to "Death Is A Disease" from The Fountain soundtrack, when I worked on this [link]

I referenced the rhino from this image [link]

and here's a link on the black rhino's [link]
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