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environment1 year ago•3 min saved

"Successful Relocation: Black Rhinos Return to Central Kenya Plateau"

Kenya celebrates the successful relocation of 21 eastern black rhinos to a new home in the Loisaba Conservancy, aiming to increase the critically endangered animal's population. The move, Kenya's largest rhino relocation, seeks to address overcrowding in three parks and rejuvenate the landscape where rhinos were wiped out by poaching decades ago. With Kenya's success in reviving its black rhino population, conservationists hope to reach 2,000 individuals over the next decade, while also working on saving the last two remaining northern white rhinos through innovative reproductive techniques.

via ABC News|

#conservation #environment #kenya

science-and-environment2 years ago•1 min saved

"Groundbreaking IVF Pregnancy Offers Hope for Near-Extinct White Rhinos"

Scientists have achieved a world first in rhinoceros reproductive health by successfully impregnating a southern white rhino via in vitro fertilization (IVF), offering hope for the critically endangered northern white rhino species. Despite setbacks including the deaths of the surrogate mother and teaser bull, a 70-day-old male fetus was confirmed to be a result of the embryo transfer. The next steps involve selecting a new surrogate mother and teaser bull for the development of a northern white rhino embryo to implant in the surrogate, with the goal of eventually reintroducing the offspring to the remaining northern white rhinos.

via CNN|

#conservation #endangered-species #ivf

conservation2 years ago•4 min saved

"Hope for the Northern White Rhino: World's First IVF Pregnancy Offers Extinction Lifeline"

Scientists have successfully performed the first embryo transfer in white rhinos, raising hopes for the critically endangered northern white rhino species. The embryos were transferred into southern white rhino surrogates, resulting in a successful pregnancy, although the father and pregnant mother later died from a bacterial infection. The next step is to implant the first northern white rhino embryo into a southern white rhino surrogate in Kenya, with the goal of saving the species from extinction. If successful, this breakthrough could also benefit the conservation of other endangered rhino species.

via The Guardian|

#biorescue #conservation #endangeredspecies