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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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