[Niamh.]

Sad

His race's last hope: Only surviving male northern white rhino is put under armed guard 24 hours a day
Sudan is the last hope for a species on the verge of being wiped out
Rangers in Kenya risking their lives to keep the 43-year-old rhino safe
But ivory is now fetching as much as £47,000 per kilo as demand grows
Animal sanctuary Ol Pejeta trying to raise money to help pay for guards



The world's last surviving male northern white rhino - stripped of his horn for his own safety - is now under 24-hour armed guard in a desperate final bid to save the species.
Sudan is guarded day and night by a group of rangers who risk their lives on a daily basis as they try to keep the rhino from poachers lured by the rising price of ivory.
But even without his horn, keepers in the Kenyan reserve of Ol Pojeta in fear for his safety.




The 43-year-old rhino - who could live until his 50s - is the last chance for any future northern white rhino calves.
Sudan was moved, along with two female rhinos, from a zoo in the Czech Republic in December 2009.
The reserve, which specialises in the conservation of rhinos, was chosen because of its successful breeding programme with black rhinos.


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[Livia]

It's about time they started making examples of poachers and of the people who buy this stuff. Hit them hard and make sure no one ever wants to do it again.

This makes me ashamed to be a human.

[Kizzy]

If he has no horn why would they want him? he must be very lonely

[user104658]

Originally Posted by Kizzy

If he has no horn why would they want him? he must be very lonely

If it makes you feel any better, bull rhinos are solitary and certainly dont "socialise"(?) with other males, other than when knocking lumps out each other in competition for females. Though I guess he doesn't have that problem...

Anyway, yes, this is very sad if it spells the end of a species. I'm a believer in evolution and it's just the case that some species will eventually die out if they fail to adapt - but that's not what's happening here. If left alone these creatures are perfectly capable of surviving... their only problem is stupid bloody humans and their greed. Money, as always. There really couldn't be anything LESS natural.

[Kizzy]

Gee, thanks TS I feel so much better..........................

[Vanessa]

Poor thing.

[Mokka]

We should surround him with guns

Let us just hope that one of the 24 armed guards doesn't have a oops moment with a gun accidentally going off.

[Amy Jade]

Hang poachers.