Rangers Protect The Last Remaining Male Northern White Rhino

Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:58:53 +0300

Nearly wiped out by poachers and a highly lucrative rhino horn black market, the Northern White Rhino is on the brink of extinction – Sudan, a rhino at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, is the last male Northern White Rhino in the world. The problem is that Sudan’s horn could fetch more than $75,000 per kg (2.2 lbs), which is why heavily armed poachers have nearly eradicated this species over the last few decades.

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Rangers Protect The Last Remaining Male Northern White Rhino