The last male northern white rhinoceros died today after suffering a series of infections and health problems. The rhino, named “Sudan,” passed at 45 years old in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Only two northern white rhinos remain in existence, Sudan’s daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu. Both are currently living in conservancy. ___ In the 1960s there were approximately 2,000 northern white rhinos in existence, but by 2008 researchers could no longer locate northern white rhinos in the wild. The loss has been attributed to war, habitat destruction, and poaching for rhino horn. While northern white rhino sperm has been preserved, neither Najin nor Fatu have been able to carry a pregnancy to term. __ Photo: Dai Kurokawa | EPA: WORLD NEWS
 SUDAN' DIES
 Mar 20 | The last male northern white
 rhinoceros dies at 45 years old, in the Ol
 Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
The last male northern white rhinoceros died today after suffering a series of infections and health problems. The rhino, named “Sudan,” passed at 45 years old in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Only two northern white rhinos remain in existence, Sudan’s daughter Najin and granddaughter Fatu. Both are currently living in conservancy. ___ In the 1960s there were approximately 2,000 northern white rhinos in existence, but by 2008 researchers could no longer locate northern white rhinos in the wild. The loss has been attributed to war, habitat destruction, and poaching for rhino horn. While northern white rhino sperm has been preserved, neither Najin nor Fatu have been able to carry a pregnancy to term. __ Photo: Dai Kurokawa | EPA