Sudan, the last male northern white rhino. KIFARU

His daughter Najin also welcomed Fatu to make Sudan a grandfather He was 45 years old and is survived by just two females, 27-year-old Najin and 17-year-old Fatu, neither of which are capable of breeding due to their own various health problems
An award-winning environmental journalist, his work has appeared in Scientific American, Audubon, Motherboard, and numerous other magazines and publications Today, there are 145 of the rhinos, making Ol Pejeta the largest black rhino sanctuary in Eastern Africa

According to the International Union for Conservation of Nature IUCN , as of 2020, this subspecies is considered Critically Endangered Possibly Extinct in the Wild.

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Who was Sudan? The last male northern white rhinoceros gets Google Doodle tribute
One day, his demise will hopefully be seen as a seminal moment for conservationists worldwide
Who was Sudan? The last male northern white rhinoceros gets Google Doodle tribute
In 2020, 435 rhinos were killed, 394 of them in South Africa
The race to save the northern white rhino
Only two females of the species remain: Fatu, 21, and her 31-year-old mother, Najin, both under guard and behind three electric fences at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya
And after suffering from an infected leg, he was put down on March 19, 2018 All profit will go to them
© Google Google Doodle pays tribute to Sudan, the last surviving male rhino who could help save the species However, eggs were taken from both Najin and Fatu in an attempt to fertlize with frozen sperm from dead northern white rhino males

Sunday's Google Doodle is paying tribute to Sudan, believed to be the last northern white rhino born in the wild.

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Who was Sudan? The last male northern white rhinoceros gets Google Doodle tribute
After a failed mating between Suni and Najin in 2012, Ol Pejeta Conservancy attempted crossbreeding with a southern white rhino with Fatu and her mother
KIFARU
I was so sad to hear about the death of Sudan, the last male Northern White Rhino
RIP Sudan, the Last Male Northern White Rhino • The Revelator
After struggles to continue breeding in , he was moved to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in along with three others of the same species in the hope a more natural habitat would help revive the process
But, following the death of Angalifu at San Diego Zoo Safari Park in 2014, Sudan became the male last northern white rhino As the temperature soars, mother and daughter fill their bellies with water and lie down to rest, only to resume their grazing when it gets a bit cooler
They adore rain, impromptu mud baths, and sharpening their horns on nearby trees For the past two decades, he has traveled the world capturing stories about social and environmental change

The four rhinos were transferred to Ol Pejeta in 2009 in the hope that a return to their natural habitat might help them regain their zest for life and reproduction.

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Who was Sudan? The last male northern white rhinoceros gets Google Doodle tribute
They also like to eat
KIFARU
Even if we don't save the northern white rhino, we can save the other threatened rhinos and a host of lesser-known species whose numbers are dwindling everywhere
Remembering Sudan, the last male northern white rhino
During his time at Dvur Kralove Zoo, Sudan sired three calves, including Nabire and Najin - with the third dying after a premature birth