#sudanforever

Photo by @amivitale. Najin and Fatu are the two last northern white rhinos alive on the planet and live at @olpejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya. Over the last two years, the @BioRescue_project has created NINE northern white rhino embryos - each one of them has the potential to become a northern white rhino baby in the near future. Learn more, including how you can help, by following and supporting @BioRescue_project and @olpejeta. @leibnizizw @SafariParkDvurKralove @KenyaWildlifeService @olpejeta #Avantea @tunajibu @bmbf.bund @leibnizgemeinschaft @MinistryOfTourismAndWildlifeKE @natgeo @thephotosociety @nikonusa #amivitale #kenya #NorthernWhiteRhinos #nikonambassador #dontletthemdisappear #nikonnofilter #nikonlove #rhinos #saverhinos #sudanforever #empathyiseverything (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CP4giBeBRdf/?utm_medium=tumblr

I had gone to bed early, and woke to read that Sudan has passed away. ‪The sun has set on Sudan’s life, but his legacy will live on as we continue to fight extinction. My sympathies and condolences to all at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, especially his human family, his caretakers and protectors. . #SudanForever #Only2Left ‬

Sudan, the last northern white male rhino in the world. RIP #rhino #sudan #racingextinction #kenya #endangered #africanwildlife #sudanforever #animalconservation #endangeredspecies (at New York, New York)

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not. #sudanforever #ripsudan #northernwhiterhino #onlytwoleft

Photos by @amivitale. There are only two northern white rhinos on the planet at @OlPejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya. They are on the edge of extinction but in a hopeful turn, scientists from the @biorescue_project have created four more northern white rhino embryos, making a total of NINE northern white rhino embryos awaiting implantation after a successful ovum pick-up procedure last month. These join the five viable embryos from earlier procedures. This was the most successful series of procedures – from oocyte collection in Kenya to in vitro fertilization and cryopreservation in Italy – the team of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (@leibnizizw), @SafariParkDvurKralove @KenyaWildlifeService @OlPejetaConservancy and #Avantea has ever conducted. Additionally, the team confirmed the successful sterilization of the southern white rhino bull Owuan, which was conducted in December 2020. As a sterilized bull, his behavior will indicate the reproductive cycle of potential surrogate mothers without any risk of impregnating them. The bull will now be introduced to the Ol Pejeta southern white rhino females that have been identified as potential surrogate mothers for future northern white rhino offspring so that the embryos can be transferred at the correct time. The critical next steps in saving the northern white rhino from certain extinction are underway and hope for recovery grows greater daily. Happy Earth Day! Learn more, including how you can help, by following and supporting @biorescue_project. @tunajibu @bmbf.bund @leibnizgemeinschaft @MinistryOfTourismAndWildlifeKE @natgeo @thephotosociety @nikonusa #earthday #earthday2021 #amivitale #kenya #NorthernWhiteRhinos #nikonambassador #dontletthemdisappear #nikonnofilter #nikonlove #rhinos #saverhinos #sudanforever #empathyiseverything (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CN9wpdYMKkO/?igshid=pe98vp85xonh

Happiest of Birthdays to you, Najin! I hope your 32nd birthday is sweet. In this photo, Najin rests with her friend, @zacharia443 and Fatu, her daughter. Najin and Fatu are the last two northern white rhinos on the planet. The two are cared for by the team at @olpejeta Conservancy in northern Kenya. Hopefully, one day soon, another northern white rhino will walk the planet. Over the last two years, the @BioRescue_project has created NINE northern white rhino embryos using oocytes harvested from Fatu and genetic material preserved from previously deceased northern white rhino males. Each one of them has the potential to become a northern white rhino baby in the near future. Looking forward to more happy birthdays in the future! Learn more, including how you can help, by following and supporting @BioRescue_project and @olpejeta. #HappyBirthdayNajin ❤️ @leibnizizw @SafariParkDvurKralove @KenyaWildlifeService @olpejeta #Avantea @tunajibu @bmbf.bund @leibnizgemeinschaft @MinistryOfTourismAndWildlifeKE @natgeo @thephotosociety @nikonusa #amivitale #kenya #NorthernWhiteRhinos #nikonambassador #dontletthemdisappear #nikonnofilter #nikonlove #rhinos #saverhinos #sudanforever #amivitale #empathyiseverything (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CRNtLeWMNAI/?utm_medium=tumblr

Photo by @amivitale. Three years have now passed. Our hearts are still broken. In this photo, Zachariah Mutai (@zacharia443) comforts Sudan, the last living male Northern White Rhino moments before he passed away. He had lived a long, good life and in his death was surrounded by love, together with the people who committed their lives to protecting and caring for him. One of my most profound memories of this day is how silent it was. All I could hear was the gentle rain, quiet muffled sobs of the keepers and one little grey go-away-bird (Crinifer concolor), chirping ‘go away, go away, go away.’ Witnessing the last of anything die is something I never want to experience again. It was my hope that this moment become a catalyst and wake-up call for humanity. Saving nature is really about saving ourselves. Thanks to a bold plan orchestrated by the @biorescue_project, there are five northern white rhino embryos made from oocytes (immature egg cells) harvested from Fatu and genetic material from deceased northern white rhino males. They are currently being held in liquid nitrogen to be transferred into a surrogate southern white rhino mother in the near future. The species may still be saved from extinction. @leibnizizw #Avantea, @KenyaWildlifeService @SafariParkDvurKralove @tunajibu @bmbf.bund @leibnizgemeinschaft @MinistryOfTourismAndWildlifeKE @natgeo @thephotosociety @nikonusa @photography.for.good #amivitale #kenya #NorthernWhiteRhinos #nikonambassador #dontletthemdisappear #nikonnofilter #nikonlove #rhinos #saverhinos #sudanforever #empathyiseverything (at Ol Pejeta Conservancy) https://www.instagram.com/p/CMnc_w9Bdo1/?igshid=16do7dpf1i5ga