Science is the only hope for the northern white rhino after the death last year of the last male, named Sudan, at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya .<\/p>\n
A team of Veterinarians have\u00a0 successfully managed to harvest 10 eggs from the last two surviving female northern white rhinos in Kenya.<\/p>\n
The technique for the process has been developed over several years, experts say, but is not without risk.It remains uncertain if the implanted embryos will result in pregnancy.<\/p>\n
Last year, a team removed eggs from female southern rhinos and fertilised them with frozen sperm from a male northern white rhino, to create hybrid embryos.<\/p>\n
Two females, Najin, 30, and daughter Fatu, 19, are the only survivors of the subspecies of white rhino, and live under 24-hour armed guard at Ol Pejeta. For genetic reasons they are, however, both unable to breed. Any embryos will be implanted into a surrogate southern white rhino in the near future.<\/p>\n
The last male, who was named Sudan, died in March 2018.<\/p>\n
Rhinos are the second-largest land mammal after elephants. The white rhinoceros consists of two sub-species – the southern white rhino and the much rarer and critically endangered northern white rhino.<\/p>\n
Poaching is the primary threat facing all rhino species.<\/p>\n
Loss of habitat is the other main threat and conservationists say governmental protection of parks and reserves is now essential.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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