The Last Two
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The Last Two
The Battle to Save the Northern White Rhinos
Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN: 9781538178461
Pub:
2023 August 8
$36.00 USD
Breve Descripción
Los periodistas Boštjan Videmšek y Maja Prijatelj Videmšek lleva a los lectores a un viaje por la historia de los rinocerontes blancos del norte. Presentan a los guardabosques, conservacionistas y científicos que luchan por el futuro de los rinocerontes blancos del norte y analizan qué llevó a la especie al borde de la extinción, desde las guerras y el cambio climático hasta la caza furtiva y el mercado negro. The Last Two ofrece esperanza para el futuro del medio ambiente y la lucha para salvar a las muchas especies que llaman hogar a la Tierra.
Breve descrição
Os jornalistas Boštjan Videmšek e Maja Prijatelj Videmšek levam os leitores a uma viagem pela história dos rinocerontes brancos do norte. Eles apresentam guardas florestais, conservacionistas e cientistas lutando pelo futuro dos rinocerontes brancos do norte e analisam o que levou a espécie à beira da extinção, desde guerras e mudanças climáticas até a caça furtiva e o mercado negro. The Last Two oferece esperança para o futuro do meio ambiente e a luta para salvar as muitas espécies que chamam a Terra de lar.
Full description
Meet Najin and Fatu—the last of the northern white rhinos—as well as the scientists, conservationists, and rangers who are fighting for the species’ survival.
The last two remaining northern white rhinos, an already functionally extinct species, are kept behind three electrical fences and protected by a squad of rangers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Their names are Najin and Fatu. Both are descended from the last male northern white rhino, Sudan. Najin is his daughter, while Fatu is his granddaughter. Along with Sudan and another male named Suni, they were transferred to Kenya in 2009, in the hope that returning them to their natural habitat might help them regain their zest for life and reproduction. Unfortunately, things didn’t go to plan.
With the deaths of Sudan and Suni, the northern white rhinos’ destiny is now in the hands of their Kenyan caretakers and a team of scientists at the BioRescue international consortium, which is developing and using several different techniques to resurrect the species, including assisted reproduction and stem cell technologies. The plan is to insert northern white rhino embryos into southern white rhino surrogate mothers as soon as possible. There is a real chance the first “new” northern white rhino baby will be born in late 2023.
Will science prevail, or is it too late? Journalists Boštjan Videmšek and Maja Prijatelj Videmšek explore this question by taking readers on a journey through the history of the northern white rhinos. They introduce the rangers, conservationists, and scientists fighting for the future of the northern white rhinos and dissect what led the species to the brink of extinction, from wars and climate change to poaching and the black market. The Last Two offers hope for the future of the environment and the fight to save the many species that call Earth home.
Natural Science
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