We can only hope Mother Nature comes to save us from destruction

Sudan is dead. The last male northern white rhinoceros was euthanized in Kenya's Ol Pejeta conservancy on Monday to relieve it from the incurable pain from a degenerative illness. It was 45 years old.

Now, only two northern white rhinos remain - Sudan's daughter and granddaughter - through which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction by using in-vitro fertilization (IVF).

That the death of Sudan is a profound tragedy for conservationists, actually for humankind, is beyond doubt. But humans, obsessed as they are with power games and economic one-upmanship, seem to have little time for such "trivial" matters. The global trend, after all, is to look for opportunities in the face of challenges - call it collecting the spoils of "creative destruction", if you will.