82 years ago...the extinction of the Schomburgk's deer.

The Schomburgk's deer was anhelpc species which lived in Thailand. It lived in herds composed of 6-10 specimens in the low-lying and marshy areas of south-eastern Asia.
Its main characteristic were the long, tapered paws, totally different from every other American, European and Asian deer. Those paws were perfect to move in the unstable marshes in which it usually grazed the newly grown grass and shrubs.

Unfortunately, this beautiful animal was a victim of the industrial and demographic growth of its country: the rapid rise of rice request to feed an always greater population led to a total and indiscriminate reclamation of wetlands to be converted into rice fields.

As if that was not enough, the hunting of this animal exploded, to give meat to the workers who we're destroying its habitat.
The last Schomburgk's deer was probably killed on the 1st of August of 1932.

(Thanks to Lorenzo S. for helping me writing this post)