Tauck used to take K&T folks to a place in the bush where they could get fairly close to and pose with two protected and guarded rhinos, but they were not the famous, critically endangered (functionally extinct) northern white rhinos. The last two female northern white rhinos - a mother and daughter named Najin and Fatu- live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya under 24/7 protection. Breeding these last two northern white rhinos so far has been unsuccessful - neither could carry a calf to term. The last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018 but they saved some of his sperm. They are trying all sorts of artificial insemination, in vitro and even using southern white rhinos as surrogate mothers in an attempt to keep the northern sub-species from going extinct. But the last I heard it was looking grim. There are still a few southern white rhinos remaining, but they are a different subspecies.
Anyone remember their names- Victoria and Albert, Elizabeth and Philip? Unfortunately, the grass hides their jaws so it is hard to tell if they are white (wide) or black rhinos but with long foreheads they appear to be white rhinos. Unless it is a very old photo, the mother and calf in Mary Margaret McClure's photo above are southern white rhinos. https://www.travel4wildlife.com/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-black-rhino-and-white-rhino/
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Yep, believe it or not, we were just a couple of feet away. It was a pregnant female with an armed guard right by her. Back in 2007
Tauck used to take K&T folks to a place in the bush where they could get fairly close to and pose with two protected and guarded rhinos, but they were not the famous, critically endangered (functionally extinct) northern white rhinos. The last two female northern white rhinos - a mother and daughter named Najin and Fatu- live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya under 24/7 protection. Breeding these last two northern white rhinos so far has been unsuccessful - neither could carry a calf to term. The last male northern white rhino, Sudan, died in 2018 but they saved some of his sperm. They are trying all sorts of artificial insemination, in vitro and even using southern white rhinos as surrogate mothers in an attempt to keep the northern sub-species from going extinct. But the last I heard it was looking grim. There are still a few southern white rhinos remaining, but they are a different subspecies.
Anyone remember their names- Victoria and Albert, Elizabeth and Philip? Unfortunately, the grass hides their jaws so it is hard to tell if they are white (wide) or black rhinos but with long foreheads they appear to be white rhinos. Unless it is a very old photo, the mother and calf in Mary Margaret McClure's photo above are southern white rhinos. https://www.travel4wildlife.com/how-to-tell-the-difference-between-black-rhino-and-white-rhino/