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White rhino dies in Kenya, only 6 remain in the world
One of the last remaining northern white rhinos in the world has died in Kenya, prompting further concern about the future of the species.
Suni, a 34-year-old rhino, was one of just two breeding male rhinos left, reports The Guardian.
Only six northern white rhinos now remain alive.
Suni died on Friday in captivity at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Nairobi, but the cause is still unknown.
Poaching though has been ruled out.
He was the first northern white rhino to be born in captivity, being born at a zoo in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Suni was then taken to Africa to be part of a breeding program.
"The species now stands at the brink of complete extinction, a sorry testament to the greed of the human race," the Kenyan conservancy said in a statement.
Most northern white rhinos have been wiped out due to poaching.
One of the last remaining northern white rhinos in the world has died in Kenya, prompting further concern about the future of the species.
Suni, a 34-year-old rhino, was one of just two breeding male rhinos left, reports The Guardian.
Only six northern white rhinos now remain alive.
Suni died on Friday in captivity at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Nairobi, but the cause is still unknown.
Poaching though has been ruled out.
He was the first northern white rhino to be born in captivity, being born at a zoo in what was then Czechoslovakia in 1980.
Suni was then taken to Africa to be part of a breeding program.
"The species now stands at the brink of complete extinction, a sorry testament to the greed of the human race," the Kenyan conservancy said in a statement.
Most northern white rhinos have been wiped out due to poaching.
