Our Only Male Northern White Rhino, Sudan, is Gone

Sudan was the last male northern white rhino alive. He died at the age of 45 years after bravely fighting the old-aged related sicknesses. He suffered degeneration of muscles that gave him extensive skin wounds. He was unable to stand during his last 24 hours and thus helped to rest by his vets. He has not been well for some time and different organizations have been working very hard to take good care of him. They did everything they could.
Sudan was rescued in 1975 from Sudan by the Dvůr Králové Zoo located in the Czech Republic. He was only two years old and captivation was the only means available to safe him and his kind. His kind was facing serious threat of poaching which wiped away his kind. Rhino’s horn was in a high demand and poachers mercilessly killed them. The Zoo enabled him sire a daughter , Najin, and a grand-daughter, Fatu. These three were later moved to the Ol – Pejeta Conservancy in 2009.
Najin is 27 years old while Fatu is 17 years old ( continue reading …… )