One of the last four northern white rhinos died at the zoo USA – REGNUM

San Diego, USA, November 23, 2015, 06:00 – REGNUM The female northern white rhino named Nola died at the Safari Park in San Diego. Health problems 41-year-old rhino began on 13 November. Nola was suffering from a bacterial infection, the cause of which was primarily its venerable age. Despite the fact that an animal weighing 1800 kg was constantly under medical supervision, a sharp deterioration could not be avoided, and soon it was decided drowsing rhino, reports Reuters.

«Nola was symbolic animals, not only in Safari San Diego-park, but in the world “- said the employee of the zoo. It is thanks to the millions of people Nole learned about the plight of rhinos in the wild. Stories circulated about her in the media and social networks. Employees park loved it for its bulky animal gentle nature and a special love for carding back.

Nola was the only representative of the extinct species in the wild northern white rhinos in the entire Western Hemisphere. The last three of this species live in the zoo in Kenya.

Scientists have recognized the northern white rhino extinct in 2008. By this time the nature will not have a single representative of this kind is completely wiped out because of the alleged medicinal properties of his horn.

Scientists hope to save the species, using kindred southern white rhinos as surrogate mothers, capable of exercising embryo implantation their northern neighbors. Despite the fact that the southern subspecies of white rhinos in the nature, there are about 20 thousand experts note that the situation of these animals desperately: poachers kill them at about three fish a day.

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