White rhino dies in Czech zoo, seven left worldwide

Death of northern white rhino in a North Bohemian zoo brings known population of the highly endangered mammal down to seven

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Raymond Johnston | 02.06.2011

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Ranger Patrick Muriithi walks along with Max, a rare northern white rhino, in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Mt. Kenya. Armed rangers guard Max while he sleeps due to poachers

One of the world’s last known northern white rhinoceroses died in the Dvůr Králové Zoo in Northern Bohemia. Nesari, a female, was 39 years old. The death leaves the zoo with only one northern white rhino, a female named Nabire. Northern white rhinos are feared to be extinct in the wild, and the death reduced the known population to seven.

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