LAST TWO in the WILD

By Nancy Vorkink Machin and Melvin LaRue

The last two northern white rhinos, considered extinct in the wild, are two females named Najin and Fatu, related to the late male rhino, Sudan. These remarkable creatures, a mother and daughter, are owned by a Czech zoo, but live on a conservancy in Kenya. The local zoo mantra says 'we love what we know about and we keep what we love.' Both rhinos are unable to breed as the last northern whites on the planet. Recently, the scientific and conservation community have undertaken vital research and training into artificial means developing painstaking and complex embryoresearch. Finding a surrogate is the next step. Vorkink Machin, an Africanist and social ecologist, in her new book addresses the global issues and local high stakes for these two female rhinos, i.e. loss of habitat, poaching, threats from war, climate change, scientific research, black market trade, loss of biodiversity to mention a few. One of the most riveting, eclectic books on the extinction of our wildlife and wildplaces. Gets the reader engaged.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B089TV9LQ4
• ISBN13: 9798625995597
• Release Date: June 2020
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.0" x 8.0"