Race to save northern white rhinos suffers major setback

Najin (R) and her daughter Fatu, the last two northern white rhino females, graze near their enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, Kenya on March 31, 2018. [Reuters, Thomas Mukoya]

One of the world's last two northern white rhinos, a mother and her daughter, is being retired from a breeding programme aimed at saving the species from extinction, scientists said yesterday.