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Photo of the last male northern white rhino in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya

Remembering Sudan: What the loss of the last male northern white rhino means for all of Africa’s rhinos

March 19, 2019 By the time he passed away on March 19, 2018, Sudan had spent a decade under 24-hour armed surveillance at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. He was 45 years old — long past his breeding age and suffering painful degenerative changes in his muscles and bones in his final months. The team of expert veterinary doctors monitoring Sudan’s condition to...

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