Race to save rhino species kicks off

Female Northern White Rhinoa Fatu (left) with her mother Najin grazing on March 31,2018. [Kipsang Joseph/Standard]

The long-awaited process of ova pick-up from the remaining two northern white rhinos for purposes of artificial fertilization took place yesterday at Olpejeta Conservancy in Laikipia.

In a statement released by Ol Peta conservancy, Kenya Wildlife Service and other international organizations, the procedure was conducted by a consortium of scientists and conservationists in the race to save the sub-species from extinction.