Extinct in wild or completely extinct? I'm sure there are some specimens in zoo's.
I believe the same story applies to the Indian Bengal tiger which was extinct in the wild.
AA is racist and it often leads to those not qualified for the position to attain it, at the cost of a more suitable candidate.
Instead of encouraging competition like China does, the US tries to make the top performance and the slackers more equal, resulting in overall decline in quality.
What's so important about a distant and absolutely unrelated entity doing whatever? The powers in the ME are Turkey Iran and Qatar. What they do has far more effect.
Many empires were simply interested in resource wealth of their subdued nations, and never put in the effort to change the locals. This applies to the British in India as well - Indians are still mostly Hindu.