[Salamander]

I don't doubt the probability of Meeches appearing in future [hypothetical] Oddworld games. In AO we are told of the Meeches extinction by the poster in Rupture Farms (and Abe states that the meeches are extinct), this only suggests that the industrialists (and those who find themselves 'Freedom challenged') believe that the Meeches are extinct. Unless OWI actually gives us outside information stating the extinction of Meeches we can assume that Meeches are alive, but remain outside of the grasp of Industrialists.