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Health of World's Last Male Northern White Rhino in Decline

Thursday, 01 March 2018 05:38 AM EST

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — The health of the world's last male northern white rhino is deteriorating and minders say his "future is not looking bright."

The 45-year-old rhino named Sudan was listed on the Tinder dating app last year as "The Most Eligible Bachelor in the World" as a fundraiser. He lives with the last two female northern white rhinos in Kenya's Ol Pejeta Conservancy, which said Thursday that Sudan is suffering from an infection despite 24-hour care by veterinarians.

The three rhinos, along with another male from the same subspecies that since died, arrived at Ol Pejeta from a Czech zoo in 2009.

Scientists hope to save the northern white rhino from extinction by using southern white rhinos as surrogates to carry northern white rhino embryos and give birth.

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The health of the world's last male northern white rhino is deteriorating and minders say his "future is not looking bright."The 45-year-old rhino named Sudan was listed on the Tinder dating app last year as "The Most Eligible Bachelor in the World" as a fundraiser. He...
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