Northern white embryo eggs fail to fertilise as new harvest slated for December in race against extinction

CS Najib Balala watches as a team of Scientists and Conservationists from Europe and Kenya Wildlife Service perform the third ovum pick-up to the only remaining Northern White Rhinos - Najin and Fatu at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia County. [File, Standard]

The eggs that were harvested from the last two northern white rhinos for purposes of assisted scientific reproduction have yielded no embryos.