Rangers protect three of the last remaining northern white rhinos in the world

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There is only one northern white male rhinoceros left on the planet. Its home is 200km north of Nairobi in Kenya, at Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

Joining Sudan, the male, are two female northern white rhinos. Together, they are three of the last five remaining northern white rhinos in the world.

The subspecies are on the verge of extinction, suffering greatly since poaching surged in the 1960s. According to The Guardian, a rhino's horn can sell at prices upward of $75,000 per kilo (2.2 US pounds), leaving them under great threat.

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So what is the solution? Unfortunately we lost the only other two males in 2014. In an end-of-the-world-like crisis, the future of the subspecies lies on Sudan. A team of conservationists and scientists are turning to artificial fertilization techniques in a desperate attempt to save the species. Sex cell samples will be collected and stored, while scientists run appropriate tests before they can attempt to use a southern white rhino as a surrogate Read more...

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