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Kenya: Hope as Scientists Expect White Rhino Calf in Two Years
Nation, 7 July 2021
A consortium of scientists and conservationists working to save the northern white rhino from extinction has expressed hope of having the first calf within two years. Read more »
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Kenya: Hope as Surrogates Found for Rhino Sudan's Offspring
Nation, 16 February 2021
Veterinarians have successfully identified five female southern white rhinos at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy that are likely to carry a pregnancy as a surrogate mother of the northern… Read more »
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Kenya: Google Shines Spotlight On Sudan, Last Male Northern White Rhino, in a Doodle
Capital FM, 20 December 2020
Google on Sunday celebrated Sudan, the last surviving male northern rhino who died two years ago at the age of 45, in a doodle. Read more »
Hope For Return of the Northern White Rhino in Kenya
Scientists and conservationists working to save the northern white rhino from extinction have expressed hope of having the first calf within two years. They are using advanced reproduction technologies to raise the first offspring from nine unique embryos harvested from two surviving northern white rhinos in Kenya.
The scientists intend to transfer embryos into surviving southern white rhinos to act as surrogate mothers, paving the way for the birth of a new northern white rhino calf with the gestation of a rhino of 16 months.
There are five southern white rhinos in a protected enclosure at Ol Pejeta Conservancy. The enclosure has been kept empty for the purpose of the project.
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Kenya's Wildlife Service reportedly says that for the first time in 21 years, not a single rhinoceros was poached in the country's national parks in 2020. To maintain the progress, ... Read more »
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Two embryos have been fertilised with the sperm of two different northern white rhino bulls in an Italian laboratory on August 22, 2019. Read more »
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A team of European scientists have made a breakthough in the quest to ensure the survival of northern white rhinos - a species which is functionally extinct since only two females ... Read more »
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According to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, it is believed the rhino, Sudan, died of age-related complications. His death leaves just two female northern white rhinos on the planet his ... Read more »
