Sorry For The Fence ...
but I need a special protection!
I am one of the last 7 survivors of my subspecies in the world,
the Northern White Rinoceros / Nördliches Breitmaulnashorn (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) - Large On Black
The northern white rhinoceros or northern square-lipped rhinoceros , is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros. This subspecies is a grazer in grasslands and savanna woodlands which formerly ranged over parts of northwestern Uganda, southern Chad, southern South Sudan, the eastern part of Central African Republic, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Due to wars and massive poaching, these animals are now feared to be extinct in the wild.
There are currently seven left in captivity. Initially, six northern white rhinoceros lived in the Dvur Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic. Four of the six rhinos - which are also the only reproductive animals of this subspecies - were transported to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, where scientists hope they will successfully breed and save this subspecies from extinction. One of two remaining in the Czech Republic died in late May 2011. The two other rhinos presently live at the San Diego Wild Animal Park in California.
More information here ( Wikipedia) and here (Ol Pejeta Conservancy).
Update 19.03.2018:
The last male rhino of this subspecies had to be put to sleep in Ol Pejeta Conservancy because it was too weak and old to get on his feet again, He was the last Northern White Rhino to be born in the wild in 1973.
"With the death of the 45-year-old Sudan, the Earth’s entire northern white rhino population is now down to two — Sudan’s daughter, Najin, and his granddaughter, Fatu. Both females also live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
The death of Sudan resonates in a major way in San Diego. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park was home to Nola, a female northern white rhino who died in November 2015 at age 41, leaving Sudan, Najin and Fatu to represent the subspecies. The Safari Park’s other northern white rhino, a male named Angalifu, died in December 2014 at age 44."
(San Diego Safari Park, California, USA)
According to the IUCN, in 1960 there were still 2360 of them living in the wild.
I think this picture doesn't show "Sudan" but one of his younger relatives. One of the two "girls" that are left today.
Sorry for the reload in memoriam Sudan
R.I.P.
(first upload in November 2011)
Sorry For The Fence ...
but I need a special protection!
I am one of the last 7 survivors of my subspecies in the world,
the Northern White Rinoceros / Nördliches Breitmaulnashorn (Ceratotherium simum cottoni) - Large On Black
The northern white rhinoceros or northern square-lipped rhinoceros , is one of the two subspecies of the white rhinoceros. This subspecies is a grazer in grasslands and savanna woodlands which formerly ranged over parts of northwestern Uganda, southern Chad, southern South Sudan, the eastern part of Central African Republic, and northeastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.
Due to wars and massive poaching, these animals are now feared to be extinct in the wild.
There are currently seven left in captivity. Initially, six northern white rhinoceros lived in the Dvur Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic. Four of the six rhinos - which are also the only reproductive animals of this subspecies - were transported to Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, Africa, where scientists hope they will successfully breed and save this subspecies from extinction. One of two remaining in the Czech Republic died in late May 2011. The two other rhinos presently live at the San Diego Wild Animal Park in California.
More information here ( Wikipedia) and here (Ol Pejeta Conservancy).
Update 19.03.2018:
The last male rhino of this subspecies had to be put to sleep in Ol Pejeta Conservancy because it was too weak and old to get on his feet again, He was the last Northern White Rhino to be born in the wild in 1973.
"With the death of the 45-year-old Sudan, the Earth’s entire northern white rhino population is now down to two — Sudan’s daughter, Najin, and his granddaughter, Fatu. Both females also live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
The death of Sudan resonates in a major way in San Diego. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park was home to Nola, a female northern white rhino who died in November 2015 at age 41, leaving Sudan, Najin and Fatu to represent the subspecies. The Safari Park’s other northern white rhino, a male named Angalifu, died in December 2014 at age 44."
(San Diego Safari Park, California, USA)
According to the IUCN, in 1960 there were still 2360 of them living in the wild.
I think this picture doesn't show "Sudan" but one of his younger relatives. One of the two "girls" that are left today.
Sorry for the reload in memoriam Sudan
R.I.P.
(first upload in November 2011)