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Ceratotherium simum cottoni, or the Northern White Rhino, once roamed widely across the grasslands and savannas of Africa, but is now completely extinct in the wild due to extreme poaching. Those years in war zones led me to an epiphany: Stories about people and the human condition are also about nature. If you dig deep enough behind virtually every human conflict, you will find an erosion of the bond between humans and the natural world around them.

After 1980, the northern white rhinos were wiped out in Uganda and Sudan, and 13 were left in Garamba National Park in Zaire (now Democratic Republic of the Congo). The Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of the IUCN met in 1986 in Dvůr Králové Zoo to discuss ways to preserve the dwindling number of northern white rhinos. The efforts to save the subspecies included the import of Ben (an older male from London) in 1986 and the return of Saut (a calf from the original 1975 group) from San Diego Zoo in 1998 to Dvůr Králové Zoo. Attempts to join the group with several southern rhinos met only with mixed success. Several surgeries were performed on the females and their eggs; genetic material, including Sudan's semen, were preserved. [12] Offspring [ edit ] Sudan at the Ol Pejeta conservancy, June 2010 Years at the cold zoo left her with bent legs and a permanently altered posture that meant she could not carry a pregnancy to term. And veterinarians found that Fatu, the younger sister, had a problem with the lining of her uterus.Read a review: Last reminds us that we all have a responsibility towards nature – SLG Talking Books The beginning and much of the rest of the book kept me on the edge of my seat with exciting, suspenseful and true occurrences, definitely material for the cinema. Please, someone, make a movie of this book (perhaps with a few more darling rhinos in the film version) and show it to people who consume rhino horn.

These truths became personal guideposts when I met Sudan, a northern white rhinoceros and, eventually, the last male of his kind. Read a review: Tiny Owl celebrated for driving children’s literature forward in The Publishing Post! Scientists harvested eggs from Najin and Fatu in December 2019 in hopes of continuing on the now almost extinct species. Getty/TONY KARUMBA/AFP

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In this book Anthony continues to share stories about the happenings at his private game reserve Thula Thula. If the reader has read his first book, the continuation of the animal tales is an easy and enjoyable one. In the weeks before Sudan's death, Richard Vigne, CEO of the Ol Pejeta Conservancy, stated that "Sudan has been technically infertile for many years, so him dying is not going to affect the possibilities of recovery for the northern white rhino as a species." [25] Moshiri, Nazanine (4 January 2014). "Meeting the Northern white rhinos". Aljazeera. Archived from the original on 16 April 2015 . Retrieved 7 December 2014.

You and your child could imagine you are a reporter and the girl in the story and have an imaginary interview about her interest in the rhino and returning him to the wild. Plot the rhino’s journey

How do we determine which species are worth saving, and how far to go? How do we realize when we’re pushing western conservation standards and consequences on other nations – like punishing hungry locals hunting animals for bush meat, or asking them to change longstanding cultural beliefs and medicinal practices? Is conservation a global concern? These are questions that will be asked increasingly as the planet hurtles through its sixth mass extinction.

a b "Last Chance to Survive: Northern White Rhino Conservation Project" (PDF). Ol Pejeta Conservancy. Archived from the original (PDF) on 3 January 2012 . Retrieved 7 December 2014. They know her ovaries are likely just a few years away from drying up. But Fatu is in her prime, ready to supply half of the ingredients for more northern white rhino embryos. Age 7-9 years A young rhino lives in a zoo in a bleak grey city. He remembers a happier time with his mama before she was killed, and he was captured. He fears he is the last rhino alongside other creatures facing the same fate. But he has one frequent visitor, a young girl who when she grows up decides to do take action to help. Last is based on the real-life story of a white rhino named Sudan. It highlights the plight of rhinos and includes a hopeful, positive message that things can change if people take action. Here is the author’s message at the beginning of the book: ‘I believe the world can change for the better, but it will change one heart at a time. Change your heart, change the world.’ A picture taken at the ol-Pejeta conservancy in Nanyuki, north of capital Nairobi, on March 20, 2018 shows head stones that mark the graves where remains of rhinos that were killed or died of other causes are buried. TONY KARUMBA/AFP/Getty The majority (98.8%) of the southern white rhinos occur in just four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. Southern white rhinos were thought to be extinct in the late 19th century, but in 1895 a small population of fewer than 100 individuals was discovered in Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa. After more than a century of protection and management, they are now classified as Near Threatened and around 18,000 animals exist in protected areas and private game reserves. They are the only of the five rhino species that are not endangered.

In November 2015, I joined an NGO focused on ending extreme poverty for women in Nanyuki, Kenya. Before heading to our field work further north, we drove into the Ol Pejeta Conservancy after a brief but violent rainstorm. There, I witnessed the last remnants of several species: a handful of Grevy’s zebra, a reticulated giraffe, a cheetah, and – just beyond an electric fence and armed guards - the last three northern white rhinos. Sudan was still alive. There are two stories being told with care and thought here by Davies. One of Sudan. His capture, his colourful and vibrant memories (evoked in Davies mixed media illustrations) and his eventual return. And then the story of the girl who goes on to actively save and return Sudan to his natural habitat. One then is of the crime and heartache that comes with capturing and slaughtering animals for self-gain and money. The other is equally powerful if not more so and that is to call-to-arms for young people to make a change and challenge this from happening again. A quote from the First, scientists will plant Suni and Fatu’s embryos into a southern white rhino female, a similar rhino which diverged from the northern white rhino around a million years ago. Owuan, a sterilized southern white bull, arrived at the conservancy in early December to help indicate when the female is in heat, maximizing chances that the embryo will take. Told in first person/animal from the rhino’s perspective the plight and hopelessness of the situation tugs at the heart strings as the rhino himself implores the reader to help and do more. The rhino in this story has someone to listen too. He is under the ever watchful eye of a young girl complete with polka dot scarf. She visits him at the zoo, watches over him from her city apartment before finally accompanying him on his return home.

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