Last male northern white rhino is put down
by Hannah Ellis-Petersen from Environment | The Guardian on (#3JMN5)
Hopes for species rest on IVF with two females after death of Sudan, the 'gentle giant'
The last male northern white rhinoceros has died, leaving only two females with which conservationists hope to save the species from extinction.
Sudan, the "gentle giant" who lived in the Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya, was put down on Monday after the pain from a degenerative illness became too great. He is survived by his daughter and granddaughter.
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