Najin, one of the world's last northern white rhinos, retires from breeding

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Hopes that mankind can save the northern white rhino from extinction appeared more remote than ever this week, after scientists announced they will retire one of the last two living northern white rhinos from a breeding program.

Najin, a 32-year-old northern white rhino -- who, along with her daughter Fatu is one of only two left in the world -- will no longer be harvested for eggs for"ethical" reasons, the team of researchers from the BioRescue consortium announced in a press release Thursday.Rhinos are targeted by poachers, fueled by the belief in Asia that their horns cure various ailments. As a result, the northern white rhino subspecies is on the brink of extinction.

However, neither Najin nor Fatu have been able to carry a pregnancy to full term. The researchers, led by the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research in Germany, said in the press release that they had made the"exceptionally difficult" decision having undertaken an"in-depth ethical risk assessment.""Oocyte [ovary cell] collections in Najin have yielded only few eggs and none of them could be fertilized successfully to become an embryo.

 

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