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White rhinos’ baby mission begins
Najin, 20, a female Northern White Rhinoceros that was shipped to Kenya from the Czech Republic, walks inside its pen at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Nanyuki town. Reuters
Posted Sunday, January 24 2010 at 16:14
The endangered white northern rhinos are native to Africa, north of the equator.
Ol Pejeta has several southern white rhinos but they will not be allowed to mate with Fatu or Najin.
Initial success
The Czech zoo first became home to the white rhinos in 1975 when Sudan and a female arrived from Sudan, aged two and three.
Zoologists encouraged the animals to breed but after initial success there has been only one birth in the past 10 years.
“These four animals are the last living chance to get this subspecies back,” Craig said.
-Reuters
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