The decline of the Northern white rhinos is a sad, sorry history of political conflict in their former range states, and it is important to ensure that the remaining rhino species do not go the same way. Ol Pejeta Conservancy is working with Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic and researchers from IZW Berlin to investigate the potential for saving the species through the development of in vitro fertilisation techniques and stem cell technology, which are costly and complicated procedures that have never before been attempted in rhinos. The Northern white rhino is now on the brink of extinction. However widespread poaching and civil wars in both the Democratic of Congo and neighbouring Sudan decimated the population.Įfforts to breed the remaining individuals have been unsuccessful, and the population of Northern white rhinos has fallen from seven to three individuals in just 19 months. In 1960, there were still around 2,360 Northern white rhinos remaining. Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya is one of the largest rhinoceros sanctuaries in the world and home to Najin and Fatu, a mother and daughter who are the last living northern white rhinos in existence. Northern white rhinos were once found in abundance, throughout Southern Chad, the Central African Republic, South-western Sudan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and North-western Uganda.
The Northern white rhino is a genetically distinct subspecies from the Southern white rhino which now numbers around 20,405 individuals, having been rescued from the brink of extinction due to intensive conservation efforts. Nola’s death is significant as this now leaves only three Northern white rhinos existing in the whole world two females and one male now living under armed guard at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. In the 24 hours before her death Nola’s condition worsened significantly and the team had to make the difficult decision to euthanize her. Their near extinction is due to decades of rampant poaching. Status: captivity: Northern white rhinoceroses: 30 years and 3 months. They live in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya and are protected round-the-clock by armed guards. Keepers watched Nola around-the-clock however they noticed her health deteriorating and signs or a reduced appetitive and activity level. Status: wild: 46 to 50 years Average lifespan. Nola’s health had deteriorated in old age, and she recently underwent surgery on 13 November to drain an abscess in her pelvic region. Northern white rhinos were formerly found in several countries in east and central Africa but are now critically endangered, teetering on the brink of. Nola who was 41 years-old had lived at the Safari Park since 1989. (Last Updated On: December 6, 2022) Northern white rhinoceros or northern square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum cotton), one of two subspecies of white rhinoceros (the other is southern white rhinoceros). One of only four Northern white rhinos in the world has died at San Diego Zoo Safari Park on 22 November 2015.
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