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Attempts at test-tube babies from northern white rhinos were successful with southern white rhino mothers. The hope of the species continuing is to make the last of its dead males remembered again.
Southern white rhino becomes pregnant from northern white rhino embryo transfer. This success has made the world anxiously awaiting the continuation of the offspring of the northern white rhino, of which there are currently only two, all of them female. The two of them are Najin (35 years old) and his daughter, Fatu (24 years old), who live in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy nature reserve, Kenya and are closely guarded by the military.
The pregnancy of the southern white rhino brings back memories of Sudan, the last northern white rhino in the world. It’s been dubbed “the world’s most wanted animal” by dating app Tinder. It’s also been nicknamed “the most famous rhino” by various news outlets, and a “gentle giant” by the armed guards who watch over it 24 hours a day.
Sudan spent most of his life at the Dvůr Králové Safari Park in the Czech Republic from 1975 to 2009. He was then transferred to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya.
He is closely monitored, as a last resort to encourage procreation with the females of his subspecies. Not successful.
Sudan died on 19 March 2018, aged 45. His death destroyed hopes of saving the northern white rhino from extinction.
Yes, Sudan’s death was mourned by the world. Sudan died on March 19 2018 at the age of 45. Sudan was euthanized because he was sick and too old.
Sudan’s death marks the functional extinction of the northern white rhino subspecies. And, hopes of increasing the number of northern white rhinos emerged five years later. The gestation process in rhinos lasts around 16-18 months, so it is estimated that birth could occur next year.
There are currently 16,803 white rhinos on Earth, all of them are southern white rhinos, except Najin and Fatu.
Last Photo of Sudan
Quoted from the BBC, memories of Sudan were immortalized by AFP photojournalist, Tony Karumba, who photographed him in the Ol Pejeta nature reserve at the foot of Mount Kenya, on December 5 2016. That was about 15 months before the rhino’s death.
Karumba’s photographs show the loving relationship between humans on the reserve and Sudan. The iconic photo shows a moment in the care of northern white rhinos, belated care, by the species that wiped them out.
“There was trust and love in the whole moment. Being in Sudan’s presence always felt to me like visiting a wise man,” Karumba said.
“His demeanor, despite his enormous size, seemed to show calm patience towards me and even though his guards were always out of my camera’s frame, Sudan accepted when I disturbed him, and acted as if he was aware of his symbolism as the last icon of his subspecies,” he said. add.
The photo shows the profile of Sudan’s head and two horns, characteristic of the white rhino subspecies. Two of Sudan’s horns were deliberately cut off to deter poachers.
William Fowlds, a wildlife veterinarian and conservation activist, has seen firsthand the bloody impact of poaching in South Africa, home to more rhinos than any other country. According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature, in 2022, there were 448 rhinos killed illegally, and 451 rhinos in 2021 in South Africa.
The level of brutality meted out to rhinos depends on the level of experience of poachers, who usually use saws or machetes to cut off their horns, Fowlds said.
“Bunks of its face and flesh flew from its body, landing a few meters from the rhino, blood splattered on the surrounding vegetation. You could see signs on the ground that the animal had tried to escape,” Fowlds said.
One word comes to mind when looking at Sudan’s photo: loneliness.
Michael Pritchard, program director at the Royal Photographic Society in the UK, said Sudan was no ordinary rhino. He represents the relationship between animals and humans, even after his death.
“We have invaded their world. We have destroyed their habitat. We have separated them from each other. Now, we have come to a time when there are only a few of them left on the planet. The figure of Sudan sums up the relationship between the animal world and humanity, Pritchard said.
“Negatively perhaps, but there is also a positive relationship between humans and rhinos that we should strive for. In the end, I see it as a positive picture,” he added.
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