White Rhino, Sana, dies in French zoo; Caretakers believe she was the oldest of her kind

last sourn white rhiceros or square-lipped rhiceros in captivity has bread her last. Sana as she was called died at a French Zoo that was her home at of 55. sourn rhiceros is one of largest species among its kind and Sana was oldest of her kind.

Strong-willed Sana

Sana was born in 1964 in Umfolozi National Park in South Africa. She was transported to Europe seven years later, as a zoo attraction. According to her caretakers, Sana was always strong-willed with a fierce character, she uses to set all rules but during her last sts, she h become understandably subdued and h even stopped rolling in mud. Rhiceros usually frequently roll in mud in order to keep ir skin hydrated and to ward off infections.

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As she was unable to do it herself, Sana's caretakers applied a coat of green clay on her skin once a week. This was done to keep her skin hydrated and to stave off infections.

square-lipped grazers, larger than ir black cousins, are divided into sourn and rrn subspecies. life expectancy of white rhis in wild is about 50 years. In March 2018, subspecies of rrn white Rhis became functionally extinct when last male, Sudan, died in Kenya. Sudan is only survived by two females, neir of whom re unable to carry a calf. Sudan died at of 45 after a long battle with several -related complications. His caretakers h decided to euthanize him.

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Hope for rn White Rhis

But scientists may have found a way to save species through use of groundbreaking techlogy. Science has been able to extract 10 viable eggs from surviving females- five each. w, scientists have been successful in artificially inseminating seven of those 10 eggs at a lab in Italy using Intra Cytoplasm Sperm Injection (ICSI). It's result of years of tweaking and testing in order to perfect procedure.

species were estimated to number about 2,000 in Africa in 1960, before habitat loss and poaching drastically slashed ir numbers.