World's last male northern white rhino euthanised in Kenya
Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that<br />
had affected his muscles and bones
Sudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino, is fed by a warden at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia national park, Kenya May 3, 2017. PHOTO:REUTERS
NAIROBI:
The world's last male northern white rhino has died, the Kenyan conservancy taking care of it said, leaving only two females of its subspecies alive in the world.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy said in a statement it had made the decision with wildlife officials and his previous carers to euthanise on Monday the 45-year-old rhino, named Sudan, due to the rapid deterioration in his condition.
Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that
had affected his muscles and bones and also gave him extensive
skin wounds.
The rhino had spent two weeks in late February and early March lying in his pen due to discomfort from a deep wound on his right hind leg. "His condition worsened significantly in the last 24 hours;
he was unable to stand up and was suffering a great deal," Ol
Pejeta said.
"The veterinary team from the Dver Kralove Zoo, Ol Pejeta and Kenya Wildlife Service made the decision to euthanise him." Sudan had previously lived at the Dver Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic before being transported to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Nairobi, where he lived with the last two females of the same species, 27-year old Najin and 17-year old Fatu.
After all attempts at getting him to mate naturally failed,
conservationists last year put Sudan on dating app Tinder,
hoping to raise enough money to pay for a $9 million fertility
treatment.
The world's last male northern white rhino has died, the Kenyan conservancy taking care of it said, leaving only two females of its subspecies alive in the world.
Ol Pejeta Conservancy said in a statement it had made the decision with wildlife officials and his previous carers to euthanise on Monday the 45-year-old rhino, named Sudan, due to the rapid deterioration in his condition.
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Sudan was being treated for age-related complications that
had affected his muscles and bones and also gave him extensive
skin wounds.
The rhino had spent two weeks in late February and early March lying in his pen due to discomfort from a deep wound on his right hind leg. "His condition worsened significantly in the last 24 hours;
he was unable to stand up and was suffering a great deal," Ol
Pejeta said.
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"The veterinary team from the Dver Kralove Zoo, Ol Pejeta and Kenya Wildlife Service made the decision to euthanise him." Sudan had previously lived at the Dver Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic before being transported to Ol Pejeta Conservancy, about 250 km (155 miles) north of Nairobi, where he lived with the last two females of the same species, 27-year old Najin and 17-year old Fatu.
After all attempts at getting him to mate naturally failed,
conservationists last year put Sudan on dating app Tinder,
hoping to raise enough money to pay for a $9 million fertility
treatment.