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					<title>Bull run: South Africa marks latest rhino relocation to boost populations</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/bull-run-south-africa-marks-latest-rhino-relocation-to-boost-populations/</link>
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					<pubDate>09 May 2022 18:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Charles Mpaka]]>
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						<![CDATA[Terna Gyuse]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, South Africa, and Southern Africa]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Black Rhino, Charismatic Animals, Conservation, Endangered Species, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Northern White Rhino, Poaching, Rhinos, Species, White Rhino, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservationists in South Africa have translocated four young black rhinoceros bulls to the Bonamanzi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, in an effort to preserve the population’s genetics and expand safe space for them to grow. The black rhinos (Diceros bicornis), listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, were moved to the privately owned Bonamanzi from [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Conservationists in South Africa have translocated four young black rhinoceros bulls to the Bonamanzi Game Reserve in KwaZulu-Natal province, in an effort to preserve the population’s genetics and expand safe space for them to grow. The black rhinos (Diceros bicornis), listed as critically endangered by the IUCN, were moved to the privately owned Bonamanzi from Weenen Nature Reserve and Ithala Game Reserve, both managed by the provincial conservation authority, Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife. “Black rhinos are very much at risk, which is why the breeding of these animals at smaller reserves like Weenen Nature Reserve is an important part of the population dynamic and the overall conservation of the species,” said Frik Lemmer, conservation manager at the Weenen Reserve, in a statement announcing the translocation as part of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project (BRREP). “We have a resident breeding bull on Weenen, and that animal should not be challenged in any way by other bulls on a property this size. It could lead to fighting, breakouts, and even the possible death of one of the animals.” Black rhino during translocation. The bulls were dehorned to make them less attractive to poachers. Image by Casey Pratt / Love Africa Marketing. These younger rhinos had reached maturity, and translocating them will help to expand and strengthen breeding opportunities for the threatened species in the province as a whole. Save the Rhino International says that between 1970 and 1992, black rhino numbers fell from nearly 40,000 to just 2,400, due to poaching driven&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2022/05/bull-run-south-africa-marks-latest-rhino-relocation-to-boost-populations/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-255610</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Translocation brings white rhinos to Rwanda, a new land for an old species</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/translocation-brings-white-rhinos-to-rwanda-a-new-land-for-an-old-species/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/translocation-brings-white-rhinos-to-rwanda-a-new-land-for-an-old-species/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>06 Dec 2021 15:17:52 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Elizabeth Claire Alberts]]>
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						<![CDATA[Elizabethalberts]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Rwanda, and South Africa]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Black Rhino, Charismatic Animals, Conservation, Endangered Species, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Northern White Rhino, Poaching, Rhinos, Species, Tracking, White Rhino, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Traveling these days isn’t easy. When it involves moving 30 rhinos by air across a continent, it gets even trickier. “Anything can change in seconds,” Jes Gruner, Rwanda regional operations manager, told Mongabay in a phone interview. “The aircraft charter delayed us by eight hours, unfortunately, due to technical issues. We already had the rhinos [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Traveling these days isn’t easy. When it involves moving 30 rhinos by air across a continent, it gets even trickier. “Anything can change in seconds,” Jes Gruner, Rwanda regional operations manager, told Mongabay in a phone interview. “The aircraft charter delayed us by eight hours, unfortunately, due to technical issues. We already had the rhinos in the crates … but the team got together and sorted it very quickly.” A delayed flight was just one of many challenges. Before the rhinos even got on the plane, Gruner and his team had worked for years to organize their translocation from South Africa to Rwanda, and recently battled COVID-19-related delays and setbacks. Then they had to figure out how to safely sedate the animals and get them into crates on a tight schedule. And once they arrived in Rwanda, the rhinos had to be loaded onto trucks and driven another six hours to Akagera National Park, a 1,120-square-kilometer (430-square-mile) stretch of wetlands, woodlands and savannas. But when the trucks drove the 30 rhinos into the park on Nov. 29, Gruner knew the toil and stress had paid off. “It’s a good feeling,” Gruner said. “When you&#8217;re driving through the communities, and they&#8217;re welcoming the rhinos and &#8230; showing they&#8217;re committed to conservation, it just makes all the work feel worthwhile. That’s a human-to-human feeling, but I wish the rhinos could feel that, too, because they are coming to a place where they truly are welcome.” A rhino crate being lifted by crane&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/12/translocation-brings-white-rhinos-to-rwanda-a-new-land-for-an-old-species/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>One of world’s last two northern white rhinos withdrawn from breeding program</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/one-of-worlds-last-two-northern-white-rhinos-withdrawn-from-breeding-program/</link>
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					<pubDate>01 Nov 2021 08:43:05 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Carolyn Cowan]]>
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						<![CDATA[Carolyncowan]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Italy, and Kenya]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Conservation, Conservation Technology, Critically Endangered Species, Environment, Ethics, Extinction, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, Saving Species From Extinction, Solutions, White Rhino, Wildlife, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists striving to save the northern white rhino from extinction have announced their decision to retire one of the world&#8217;s last two individuals from their assisted breeding program. The BioRescue consortium resolved to stop harvesting eggs from 32-year-old Najin following an in-depth ethical risk assessment that took many factors into consideration, including her age, reproductive [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Scientists striving to save the northern white rhino from extinction have announced their decision to retire one of the world&#8217;s last two individuals from their assisted breeding program. The BioRescue consortium resolved to stop harvesting eggs from 32-year-old Najin following an in-depth ethical risk assessment that took many factors into consideration, including her age, reproductive health and overall welfare. “It was a difficult decision, very difficult, because we had to evaluate the conservation of the species against the welfare and life of the individual animal involved,” Barbara de Mori, director of the Ethics Laboratory for Veterinary Medicine, Conservation and Animal Welfare at the University of Padua in Italy, told Mongabay. “It was the right decision for Najin.” Najin and her daughter, Fatu, both live in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya and are the only two remaining northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) in the world. In 2014, it became clear that the subspecies could not survive through natural breeding — neither Najin nor Fatu can carry a calf to term. In 2018, the situation became more pressing with the death of the last male, 45-year-old Sudan, Najin’s father. Najin at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Image courtesy of www.BioRescue.org/Jan Zwilling The BioRescue consortium comprises Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in Germany, Safari Park Dvůr Králové in the Czech Republic (where Najin and Fatu were born), the Kenya Wildlife Service, and Ol Pejeta Conservancy. They have a bold strategy to generate offspring using assisted breeding techniques. These&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/11/one-of-worlds-last-two-northern-white-rhinos-withdrawn-from-breeding-program/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Creation of three new northern white rhinos embryos may indicate hope for other rhino species</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/creation-of-three-new-northern-white-rhinos-embryos-may-indicate-hope-for-other-rhino-species/</link>
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					<pubDate>16 Sep 2021 13:59:30 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Ashley Stumvoll]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa and Kenya]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Conservation Technology, Critically Endangered Species, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Innovation, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Research, Rhinos, Saving Species From Extinction, Solutions, Technology, White Rhino, Wildlife, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[In early July, the ephemeral promise of a new life blinked into existence. Not in the usual way, but on a clear microscope slide in a sterile lab in Cremona, Italy, thousands of miles from the creature’s ancestral territory in sub-Saharan Africa. Shortly after, lab technicians plunged it into liquid nitrogen, freezing the creature’s development [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In early July, the ephemeral promise of a new life blinked into existence. Not in the usual way, but on a clear microscope slide in a sterile lab in Cremona, Italy, thousands of miles from the creature’s ancestral territory in sub-Saharan Africa. Shortly after, lab technicians plunged it into liquid nitrogen, freezing the creature’s development by rapidly bringing its temperature to −196° Celsius (-321° Fahrenheit). Though only a few cells in size, the embryo, one of three produced this spring, represents hope for the virtually extinct northern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). BioRescue — a consortium made up of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in Germany; Safari Park Dvůr Králové in the Czech Republic; the Kenya Wildlife Service; and Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya — announced the creation of the embryos in July, bringing the total northern white rhino embryos to 12. The announcement marks a major achievement for the subspecies, which has only two remaining members: a mother-daughter pair who are both incapable of carrying a calf. Notably, one of the embryos was created using genetic material from a male rhino named Angalifu, whose sperm was previously thought to be too low in quality to produce viable offspring, adding vital genetic diversity to the pool of embryos. All other embryos to date have been created with sperm from a northern white rhino bull named Suni. Some scientists believe that the innovations pioneered by BioRescue and other groups might offer hope not just for the northern white&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2021/09/creation-of-three-new-northern-white-rhinos-embryos-may-indicate-hope-for-other-rhino-species/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-247194</doi>				</item>
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					<title>For two rhino species on brink of extinction, it’s collaboration vs. stonewalling</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/for-two-rhino-species-on-brink-of-extinction-its-collaboration-vs-stonewalling/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Jul 2020 12:28:18 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Lauren Evans]]>
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						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asian Rhinos]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Asia, Borneo, Indonesia, Kalimantan, Kenya, Malaysia, Southeast Asia, and Sumatra]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Captive Breeding, Conservation, Conservation Technology, Endangered Species, Environment, Ex-situ Conservation, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, Sumatran Rhino, Wildlife, and Wildtech]]>
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							<![CDATA[Fatu doesn’t seem to care about the carrot she’s been offered by her caretaker. She raises her enormous head and gives it a sniff before returning to what she was doing, which is nipping delicately at the dry, scraggly grass at her feet. A few yards away, her mother, Najin, is doing the same. “They’re [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Fatu doesn’t seem to care about the carrot she’s been offered by her caretaker. She raises her enormous head and gives it a sniff before returning to what she was doing, which is nipping delicately at the dry, scraggly grass at her feet. A few yards away, her mother, Najin, is doing the same. “They’re very happy. Happy ladies,” their caretaker, Jacob Anampiu, says with a grin, continuing to hold the carrot outstretched. At 3 p.m., Kenya’s equatorial heat is brutal, but neither Fatu nor Najin seem bothered — not by the carrot, not by the heat, not by anything. Fatu and Najin are northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni). And though they don’t know it, they’re at the center of an intensive international effort to rescue their subspecies, of which they are the only two left on the planet. Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, died in March 2018.  He spent his final years under constant guard in Ol Pejeta. Photo by Make it Kenya Photo / Stuart Price. More than 7,000 kilometers (4,300 miles) away, in Indonesia, Sumatran rhinos are facing a similar crisis. Though smaller and hairier than their northern white counterparts, Sumatran rhinos (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) have also been driven to near extinction, with fewer than 80 remaining. The crisis with Sumatran rhinos is unfolding similarly to the northern whites: population estimates have plummeted by 70% in a little over a decade, and efforts to breed them naturally in captivity have yielded few offspring. But the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2020/07/for-two-rhino-species-on-brink-of-extinction-its-collaboration-vs-stonewalling/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-232127</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Better than sex? For hard-to-breed rhinos, technology strives for a solution</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/better-than-sex-for-hard-to-breed-rhinos-technology-strives-for-a-solution/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/better-than-sex-for-hard-to-breed-rhinos-technology-strives-for-a-solution/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>28 Mar 2019 05:34:08 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Jim Tan]]>
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						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asian Rhinos]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Asia, Global, and North America]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Black Rhino, Captive Breeding, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Ex-situ Conservation, Javan Rhinos, Mammals, Megafauna, Northern White Rhino, One-horned Rhinos, Rhinos, Sumatran Rhino, White Rhino, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[DFFF2016]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March 2018, Sudan, the last known northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) male, was euthanized at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. With only two known female northern white rhinos remaining, Sudan’s death rendered his sub-species functionally extinct. However, not all scientists have given up hope. A team of researchers at San Diego Zoo [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March 2018, Sudan, the last known northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) male, was euthanized at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. With only two known female northern white rhinos remaining, Sudan’s death rendered his sub-species functionally extinct. However, not all scientists have given up hope. A team of researchers at San Diego Zoo has embarked on an ambitious project to use assisted reproductive technology (ART) to bring the northern white rhino back from the brink. They aim to use northern white rhino skin cells held in the zoo&#8217;s cryo-lab to produce stem cells they hope could ultimately grow into viable eggs and sperm. It’s one of four similarly audacious projects currently underway around the world. ARTs, which aim to tackle fertility problems using techniques such as artificial insemination (AI) and in vitro fertilization (IVF), have been used successfully in humans and domestic livestock since the 1970s. The potential for ART to improve breeding success and diversify the gene pool has obvious appeal for wildlife managers caring for endangered species like rhinos that don’t breed well in captivity. However, a recent article published in Mammal Review  summarizing more than two decades of ART use on captive rhinos illustrates that the technology’s full potential has yet to be achieved when it comes to these animals. The knowledge researchers have gained has already proved invaluable, largely in assisting natural breeding, but the vision of creating a viable rhino embryo outside of the womb is still some way off. Ultrasound image of&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2019/03/better-than-sex-for-hard-to-breed-rhinos-technology-strives-for-a-solution/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>And then there were 12: Why don’t we hear about extinction until it’s too late? (commentary)</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/and-then-there-were-12-why-dont-we-hear-about-extinction-until-its-too-late-commentary/</link>
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					<pubDate>06 Jul 2018 12:25:55 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Sam Turvey]]>
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						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[China and Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Apes, Baiji, Biodiversity, Bycatch, Commentary, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Deforestation, Dolphins, Endangered Species, Environment, Ex-situ Conservation, Extinction, Fishing, Gibbons, Global Environmental Crisis, Habitat Degradation, Habitat Loss, Hunting, Mammals, Media, Natural Resources, Northern White Rhino, Oceans, Overfishing, Poaching, Primates, Rhinos, Rivers, Species Discovery, Sumatran Rhino, Traditional Chinese Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Vaquita, White Rhino, Wildlife, and Wildlife Trade]]>
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											<description>
							<![CDATA[Everyone loves a wildlife story. Watching the latest blue-chip natural history series complete with hushed narration about nature’s grandeur — or reading the latest online science about evolution or quirky behavior in our favorite wild animals — can offer respite from the increasingly grim updates on world politics or social issues that bombard us. Environmental [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Everyone loves a wildlife story. Watching the latest blue-chip natural history series complete with hushed narration about nature’s grandeur — or reading the latest online science about evolution or quirky behavior in our favorite wild animals — can offer respite from the increasingly grim updates on world politics or social issues that bombard us. Environmental stories of recent weeks have been anything but uplifting, however. Recently, the death of Sudan, the world’s last male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), was widely reported. Sudan’s death leaves only two living northern white rhinos. Although frozen sperm offers some hope that Sudan may yet reproduce post-mortem, and other white rhinos still survive in southern Africa, his death brings this unique subspecies one step closer to extinction. The northern white rhino is down to just two individuals. Image by Lengai101 via Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0). Another recent story has even higher stakes: the fate of the vaquita (Phocoena sinus), a tiny porpoise species unique to Mexico’s Gulf of California. Attempts have been made to ban gillnet fishing, which entangles and drowns vaquitas. However, Chinese demand for the swim bladder of totoaba fish — which sells for such high prices that it’s dubbed “aquatic cocaine,” despite having no recognized medical benefits — has led to rampant illegal fishing in the Gulf of California, which is yet to be eliminated. The impact on the vaquita has been catastrophic. A high-stakes conservation effort last autumn, aimed at capturing vaquitas to set up a breeding population,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/and-then-there-were-12-why-dont-we-hear-about-extinction-until-its-too-late-commentary/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Lab-grown embryos raise hope of saving near-extinct rhino</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/lab-grown-embryos-raise-hope-of-saving-near-extinct-rhino/</link>
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					<pubDate>05 Jul 2018 05:30:53 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Democratic Republic Of Congo, and Kenya]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Conservation Solutions, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Green, Happy-upbeat Environmental, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Research, Rhinos, Solutions, White Rhino, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March this year, Sudan, the last known male northern white rhino, died at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy at the age of 45. He left behind a daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu, neither capable of reproducing naturally. With no other confirmed northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) remaining in the wild — although there are speculations of some unconfirmed [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[In March this year, Sudan, the last known male northern white rhino, died at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy at the age of 45. He left behind a daughter, Najin, and granddaughter, Fatu, neither capable of reproducing naturally. With no other confirmed northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) remaining in the wild — although there are speculations of some unconfirmed individuals in South Sudan — the subspecies is thought to be as good as extinct. But there might be a glimmer of hope. For the first time ever, scientists have successfully used IVF (in vitro fertilization) techniques to combine previously frozen sperm from the near-extinct northern white rhino with eggs from the more abundant southern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum) to create viable hybrid embryos. The researchers hope to implant the embryos into surrogate female southern white rhinos to produce baby rhinos that are a mix of both subspecies. The hybrid babies can then ensure that at least some of the northern white rhino DNA is preserved, according to a new study published in Nature Communications. &#8220;The only two remaining females of the northern white rhino are in Kenya and not accessible to us for a number of reasons I am not going to discuss here, so the best we could do was to make a hybrid embryo that technically has 50 percent of the genome coming from the northern white rhino,&#8221; Cesare Galli, a veterinarian and embryologist at Avantea, a biotechnology laboratory in Cremona, Italy, told Mongabay. The team&#8217;s goal is to have the first&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/07/lab-grown-embryos-raise-hope-of-saving-near-extinct-rhino/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-208024</doi>				</item>
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					<title>The world&#8217;s last male northern white rhino has died</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2018/03/the-worlds-last-male-northern-white-rhino-has-died/</link>
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					<pubDate>20 Mar 2018 04:55:21 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Mongabay.com]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Kenya, and West Africa]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Deforestation, Environment, Green, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[The fate of the northern white rhinoceros now hangs by an extremely thin thread. Forty-five-year-old Sudan, believed to be the world&#8217;s last surviving male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), died at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19. Sudan fell gravely ill earlier this month following a series of infections and age-related health issues that [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The fate of the northern white rhinoceros now hangs by an extremely thin thread. Forty-five-year-old Sudan, believed to be the world&#8217;s last surviving male northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), died at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya on March 19. Sudan fell gravely ill earlier this month following a series of infections and age-related health issues that developed last year. Veterinarians worked around the clock to save him, but his condition deteriorated considerably in the last 24 hours, with Sudan unable to stand up, according to a press release from the Ol Pejeta Conservancy and U.S.-based conservation group WildAid. Given the extent of the rhino&#8217;s suffering, the team of veterinarians from the Czech Republic-based Dvůr Králové Zoo, Ol Pejeta and Kenya Wildlife Service made the decision to euthanize him. Sudan lived at Ol Pejeta with two elderly female northern white rhinos — his daughter, Najin, and her daughter, Fatu — under 24-hour armed surveillance. The two females are now the last known members of this once wide-ranging subspecies. “We at Ol Pejeta are all saddened by Sudan’s death,&#8221; Richard Vigne, Ol Pejeta Conservancy CEO, said in the statement. &#8220;He was an amazing rhino, a great ambassador for his species, and will be remembered for the work he did to raise awareness globally of the plight facing not only rhinos, but also the many thousands of other species facing extinction as a result of unsustainable human activity. One day, his demise will hopefully be seen as a seminal moment for conservationists worldwide.&#8221; It is with great sadness that Ol Pejeta Conservancy and the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2018/03/the-worlds-last-male-northern-white-rhino-has-died/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Documenting Africa&#8217;s poaching epidemic: Q&#038;A with the director of &#8216;The Last Animals&#8217;</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/documenting-africas-poaching-epidemic-qa-with-the-director-of-the-last-animals/</link>
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					<pubDate>22 Sep 2017 09:13:34 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Democratic Republic Of Congo, and Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Elephants, Endangered Species, Environment, Interviews, Mammals, Northern White Rhino, Poaching, Rhinos, Wildlife, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[After years of documenting some of the world&#8217;s bloodiest conflicts, a vacation in Kenya inspired photojournalist Kate Brooks to turn her lens to a different kind of violence: the slaughter of elephants and rhinos to feed black-market demand for ivory and rhino horn. Poaching is having a devastating impact on Africa&#8217;s wildlife. From 2006 to [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[After years of documenting some of the world&#8217;s bloodiest conflicts, a vacation in Kenya inspired photojournalist Kate Brooks to turn her lens to a different kind of violence: the slaughter of elephants and rhinos to feed black-market demand for ivory and rhino horn. Poaching is having a devastating impact on Africa&#8217;s wildlife. From 2006 to 2015, the population of African elephants is estimated to have declined by around 110,000, leaving just 415,000 still alive in the wild. The situation is no better for the continent&#8217;s rhinos: demand for their horns as decorative items and in traditional medicine has caused more than 7,100 to have been poached in the last decade, leaving a population of just 25,000. In her film &#8220;The Last Animals,&#8221; war-photographer turned filmmaker Kate Brooks traces this deadly trade across four continents — traveling from protected areas in Africa to wildlife markets in Asia and North America in order to illustrate the complex web of global consumer demand, transnational criminal syndicates and local conflicts and political problems that contribute to the current poaching epidemic.  Along the way, Brooks also meets with investigators, scientists, zookeepers and rangers engaged in an all-too-often life threatening struggle to preserve the last remaining elephants and rhinos. The Last Animals is a finalist for the Special Jury award in the 2017 Jackson Hole Wildlife Film Festival taking place September 24-29 in Jackson, Wyoming. Winners in 25 awards categories will be announced September 28. In an email interview, Kate Brooks shared her experience documenting the&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/09/documenting-africas-poaching-epidemic-qa-with-the-director-of-the-last-animals/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-199394</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Investigation finds ‘thriving’ rhino horn trade in Asia</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/investigation-finds-thriving-rhino-horn-trade-in-asia/</link>
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					<pubDate>18 Jul 2017 15:01:29 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
						</dc:creator>
										<author>
						<![CDATA[John Cannon]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asia, China, Southeast Asia, and Vietnam]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Black Rhino, Conservation, Corruption, Crime, Defaunation, Elephants, Endangered Species, Environment, Extinction, Ivory, Mammals, Megafauna, Northern White Rhino, Poaching, Rhinos, trafficking, Wildlife, Wildlife Trade, and Wildlife Trafficking]]>
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							<![CDATA[The trade in rhino horn is still flourishing in China and other parts of Asia, despite a worldwide squeeze on the illegal trafficking of wildlife, according to a report by the Elephant Action League (EAL) released today. “It is too easy to find rhino products in China,” said Andrea Crosta, leader of the effort and [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[The trade in rhino horn is still flourishing in China and other parts of Asia, despite a worldwide squeeze on the illegal trafficking of wildlife, according to a report by the Elephant Action League (EAL) released today. “It is too easy to find rhino products in China,” said Andrea Crosta, leader of the effort and executive director of EAL, in a press release. “Given the growing size and wealth of potential Chinese consumers, we are facing a real existential threat for rhinos, even more than that for elephants, now that there are only about 25,000 rhinos left in Africa.” Rhino horn offered to EAL&#8217;s undercover investigators. Photo courtesy of EAL. EAL&#8217;s 11-month investigation involved dozens of undercover interviews with participants in a diffuse illicit network. Several Asian countries were involved, but EAL focused their efforts on China and Vietnam. “The largest market [for rhino horn] is China, but Vietnam continuously undermines whatever efforts the Chinese do to stop this,” Crosta said in an interview with Mongabay. The report describes the sophisticated underground trade network in which suppliers in Vietnam arrange to move rhino horn into southern China. From that point, brokers in China take over, getting the horn and products made from it into the hands of deep-pocketed consumers. Prices of rhino horn – the sale of which is illegal in China and Vietnam – start at about $26,000 per kilogram ($11,818 per pound), Crosta said, and the team was quoted prices as high as $60,000 a kilogram ($27,272 per&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2017/07/investigation-finds-thriving-rhino-horn-trade-in-asia/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-197440</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Cash-strapped rhino groups turn to crowdfunding, with little success</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/11/cash-strapped-rhino-groups-turn-to-crowdfunding-with-little-success/</link>
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					<pubDate>28 Nov 2016 20:04:57 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Jeremy Hance]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Isabel Esterman]]>
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							<![CDATA[Asian Rhinos]]>
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							<![CDATA[Africa, Asia, Kenya, Malaysia, Sabah, and Southeast Asia]]>
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							<![CDATA[Animals, Biodiversity, Conservation, Endangered Species, Environment, Ex-situ Conservation, Mammals, Megafauna, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, and Sumatran Rhino]]>
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							<![CDATA[There’s probably only one thing left that can save the Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni): cutting-edge, high cost in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. This subspecies of the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino is represented by a dwindling handful of survivors in the wild – one of whom just perished when conservationists tried to move her this [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[There’s probably only one thing left that can save the Bornean rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni): cutting-edge, high cost in vitro fertilization (IVF) technology. This subspecies of the Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino is represented by a dwindling handful of survivors in the wild – one of whom just perished when conservationists tried to move her this year – and three individuals living in captivity. The captive rhinos, one male and two females, are incapable of natural reproduction due to fertility problems. Extinction is on the horizon unless IVF is able to start producing rhino babies – and fast. The technical difficulties are high – including the fact that IVF has never been successfully done with any of the world’s five rhino species – but the biggest hurdle may actually be something much more prosaic: money. “Donors want to be assured that the animal will not go extinct on them in the next few years,” said John Payne, the executive director of the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA). “It is much safer to put money into a threatened species than it is to put money into a species that is on the edge of extinction.” Tam, one of the captive Bornean rhinos representing hope for assisted reproduction efforts. Photo by Jeremy Hance. BORA provides a sanctuary for the three Bornean rhino; it covers the cost of feeding, protecting and caring for the trio. In addition, it’s been desperately trying – unsuccessfully to date – to use IVF to produce a rhino embryo. But&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/11/cash-strapped-rhino-groups-turn-to-crowdfunding-with-little-success/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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										<doi>https://doi.org/10.66709/news-191288</doi>				</item>
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					<title>Talking to kids about extinction &#8212; with hope</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/talking-to-kids-about-extinction-with-hope/</link>
					<comments>https://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/talking-to-kids-about-extinction-with-hope/#respond</comments>
					<pubDate>08 Jan 2016 15:57:19 +0000</pubDate>
											<dc:creator>
							<![CDATA[Rick Schwartz]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Mike Gaworecki]]>
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							<![CDATA[Global]]>
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							<![CDATA[Extinction, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, and Wildlife]]>
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							<![CDATA[Two months ago, on November 2, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park made the sad announcement that Nola, a 41-year old northern white rhino — one of only four left in the world — had passed away. “Nola, who lived here since 1989, was under veterinary care for a bacterial infection, as well as age-related [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[Two months ago, on November 2, the San Diego Zoo Safari Park made the sad announcement that Nola, a 41-year old northern white rhino — one of only four left in the world — had passed away. “Nola, who lived here since 1989, was under veterinary care for a bacterial infection, as well as age-related health issues,” the announcement said. “In the last 24 hours, Nola’s condition worsened and we made the difficult decision to euthanize her. We’re absolutely devastated by this loss, but resolved to fight even harder to #EndExtinction.” According to the San Diego Zoo Global, a non-profit conservation arm of the zoo, three rhinos are killed every day, their horns hacked off so they can be sold on the black market. This post is by Rick Schwartz, national spokesperson for the San Diego Zoo Global, written in response to a conversation that started between him and parents on social media in the wake of Nola’s death. A photo of Nola taken on April 24, 2015. Photo by Jeffrey Keeton / Flickr. On Sunday, November 22, one of the last four northern white rhinos — a female named Nola — died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Along with an outpouring of sympathy, sorrow, and messages of condolence, I received a number of emails from parents who were overwhelmed themselves and trying to share the news with their children. The death of a much-loved animal is hard. When it is one of the last of its species,&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2016/01/talking-to-kids-about-extinction-with-hope/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Nola, one of the last four northern white rhinos in the world, dies at San Diego Zoo</title>
					<link>https://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/nola-one-of-the-last-four-northern-white-rhinos-in-the-world-dies-in-san-diego-zoo/</link>
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					<pubDate>24 Nov 2015 07:17:03 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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										<author>
						<![CDATA[Shreya Dasgupta]]>
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							<![CDATA[California and United States]]>
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											<topic-tags>
							<![CDATA[Climate Change, Conservation, Critically Endangered Species, Extinction, Northern White Rhino, Rhinos, and Zoos]]>
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							<![CDATA[On November 22, Nola &#8212; a 41-year old, critically endangered female northern white rhino &#8212; died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. With just three northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum ssp. cottoni) left in the world, Nola’s death brings these animals dangerously close to extinction. According to a statement by the San Diego Zoo, [&#8230;]]]>
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							<![CDATA[On November 22, Nola &#8212; a 41-year old, critically endangered female northern white rhino &#8212; died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park in California. With just three northern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum ssp. cottoni) left in the world, Nola’s death brings these animals dangerously close to extinction. According to a statement by the San Diego Zoo, Nola had a large abscess, deep under her right hip. Despite attempts at draining her abscess and treating her infection, Nola’s health took a turn for the worse. She began showing signs of a “reduced appetite and activity level,” the statement said. Finally, to relieve Nola of her pain and discomfort, the animal care team at the Safari Park euthanized her on November 22. “In the last 24 hours Nola’s condition worsened significantly and the animal care team at the Safari Park were maintaining her on intensified treatment efforts,” the San Diego Zoo said in the statement. “Early this morning, the team made the difficult decision to euthanize her.” Nola had lived at the San Diego Zoo since 1989. She was paired with a male northern white rhino named Angalifu in the hopes of successful reproduction, but Nola did not become pregnant. Angalifu died in December last year at the age of 42. 41 year old Nola, a critically endangered northern white rhino, was euthanized on November 22 because of her deteriorating health. Photo courtesy of San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Northern white rhinos are believed to be extinct in the wild, mainly due to poaching for their&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/11/nola-one-of-the-last-four-northern-white-rhinos-in-the-world-dies-in-san-diego-zoo/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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					<title>Czech Zoo Death Pushes Northern White Rhino Closer to Extinction</title>
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					<pubDate>30 Jul 2015 16:26:07 +0000</pubDate>
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							<![CDATA[Brittany Stewart]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nabiré, a 31-year-old female northern white rhino died on Monday, July 27 at the Dvůr Králové Zoo, Czech Republic. To those who cared for her, she was known for having one of the gentlest demeanors of the rhinos to be bred at the Czech zoo.]]>
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							<![CDATA[Nabiré, a 31-year-old female northern white rhino died on Monday, July 27 at the Dvůr Králové Zoo, Czech Republic. To those who cared for her, she was known for having one of the gentlest demeanors of the rhinos to be bred at the Czech zoo.  Her loss was indeed a tragic one, not just because of the shared sentiment for her among the zoo’s staff, but due to the fact that she was one of the remaining five northern white rhinos in the world.  &#8220;It is a terrible loss. Nabiré was the kindest rhino ever bred in our zoo. It is not just that we were very fond of her. Her death is a symbol of the catastrophic decline of rhinos due to a senseless human greed. Her species is on the very brink of extinction,&#8221; Přemysl Rabas, Dvůr Králové ‘s director, stated on the zoo’s website. Nabiré (1983-2015). Photo by Jan Robovský. Licensed under CC BY 2.5 via Wikimedia Commons. Nabiré was born on November 15, 1983 and lived her life at the Dvůr Králové zoo, located just under 90 miles northeast of Prague. Her death was due to a ruptured cyst. &#8220;The pathological cyst inside the body of Nabiré was huge. There was no way to treat it,&#8221; said Jiří Hrubý, a rhino curator of the zoo. Northern white rhinos were last seen in the wild in central Africa in 2007, as they have been poached to extinction. Their disappearance has been driven by demand for their horns, which are used for&hellip;This article was originally published on <a href="https://news.mongabay.com/2015/07/czech-zoo-death-pushes-northern-white-rhino-closer-to-extinction/" data-wpel-link="internal">Mongabay</a>]]>
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