Only three addax antelopes left in the wild?

Is this the end for the addax (Addax nasomaculatus)? The IUCN reported today that extensive surveys of addax habitat in Niger found just three of these critically endangered antelopes left in the wild. The last animals were located after a 700 kilometer ground search, huddled together in what the IUCN described as a “very nervous” group.

https://blogs.scientificamerican.com/extinction-countdown/three-addax-left/