Groundbreaking work to keep alive the nearly extinct northern white rhino subspecies has been hampered by travel restrictions from the coronavirus.
One of the rhinos’ keepers, Zachariah Mutai, was sympathetic.save them with the scientific wayThe ultimate goal is to create a herd of at least five animals that could be returned to their natural habitat in Africa. That could take decades.Decades of poaching have taken a heavy toll on rhino species. The animals are killed for their horns, which have long been used as carving material and prized in traditional Chinese medicine for their supposed healing properties.
was a 45-year-old named Sudan, who gained fame in 2017 when he was listed as “The Most Eligible Bachelor in the World” on the Tinder dating app as part of a fundraising effort. He was euthanized in 2018 because of age-related ills. This effort to keep the northern white rhino subspecies alive has been a good way to draw the world’s attention to the issue of extinction, Vigne said.“The rate of extinction of species on this planet is now the fastest that has ever been recorded, much faster than the rate dinosaurs went extinct, and that is as a result of human activity,” he said. “So there comes a time where we have to draw a line … and say no more.
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