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The Last Two - The Battle to Save the Northern White Rhinos (Hardcover)
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The Last Two - The Battle to Save the Northern White Rhinos (Hardcover)
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Meet Najin and Fatu—the last of the northern white rhinos—as
well as the scientists, conservationists, and rangers who are
fighting for the species’ survival. The last two remaining
northern white rhinos, an already functionally extinct species, are
kept behind three electrical fences and protected by a squad of
rangers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Their names are
Najin and Fatu. Both are descended from the last male northern
white rhino, Sudan. Najin is his daughter, while Fatu is his
granddaughter. Along with Sudan and another male named Suni, they
were transferred to Kenya in 2009, in the hope that returning them
to their natural habitat might help them regain their zest for life
and reproduction. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan. With
the deaths of Sudan and Suni, the northern white rhinos’ destiny
is now in the hands of their Kenyan caretakers and a team of
scientists at the BioResuce international consortium, which is
developing and using several different techniques to resurrect the
species, including assisted reproduction and stem cell research.
The plan is to insert northern white rhino embryos into southern
white rhino surrogate mothers as soon as possible. There is a real
chance the first “new” northern white rhino baby will be born
in late 2023. Will science prevail, or is it too late? Journalists
Boštjan and Maja Videmšek explore this question by taking readers
on a journey through the history of the northern white rhinos. They
introduce the rangers, conservationists, and scientists fighting
for the future of the northern white rhinos and dissect what led
the species to the brink of extinction, from wars and climate
change to poaching and the black market. The Last Two offers hope
for the future of the environment and the fight to save the many
species that call Earth home.
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