There isn't any chance that corn is going to go extinct now, is there?
in Somalia where there is a war-yes, in some other areas they have been hammered -South Africa. But no chance they will be extinct in the wild in our lifetimes, we might be extinct first-seriously.
Elephants are very prolific and it takes 27(as i recall) months for a cow to get pregnant and have a calf, and then can get knocked up again pretty fast. elephants are very prolific.
Now what WILL BE EXTINCT are rhino's, they are not prolific, easy to kill and have much more value and therefore more pressure on them. Most anti-poaching efforts are going into rhino's now, its the same poachers going after ele's and rhino, i'll explain, there are 2 kinds of poachers, armed and unarmed. the armed guys are out after rhino first and jumbo's 2nd. the unarmed guys use snares and hunt for nyama(meat). the unarmed poachers out number armed guys by a high number, problem is the armed guys do more damage.
Game in Africa is a crop, nothing more nothing less. Its just not presented like that in the media in the West, so people have all these preconcieved notions and beliefs that are false, i did until i lived there . then and only then will a person really learn about Africa. Game is exploited by fundraising charities or shot down for many reasons-its a industry for some, survival for others. Some people cut down the tree for the top apple and not think of the future, others think differently. Just a crop....