Sudan (rhinoceros)
Sudan was one of only three living northern white rhinoceroses in the world. He was euthanised on 19 March 2018, after suffering from age-related complications. A group of six northern white Rhinoceros, including the two-year-old Sudan, were captured in Shambe, Sudan in February 1975.
About Sudan (rhinoceros) in brief
Sudan lived at the Dvůr Králové Zoo in the Czech Republic from 1975 to 2009 and the rest of his life at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya. At the time of his death, he was one of only three living northern white rhinoceroses in the world, and the last known male of his subspecies. Sudan was euthanised on 19 March 2018, after suffering from \”age-related complications\”. A group of six northern white Rhinoceros, including the two-year-old Sudan, were captured in Shambe, Sudan in February 1975 by animal trappers employed by Chipperfield’s Circus. After 1980, the northern whiteRhinos were wiped out in Uganda and Sudan, and 13 were left in Garamba National Park in Zaire.
The Conservation Breeding Specialist Group of the IUCN met in 1986 to discuss ways to preserve the dwindling number of northernwhite rhinos. The efforts to save the subspecies included the import of Ben in 1986 and the return of Saut from San Diego Zoo in 1998. In December 2009, Sudan and three other rhinos were moved to the Olpejeta conservancy for a breeding program. One of the other three rhinos, Suni, died in 2014 along with Sudan along with three other northern whiterhinos. However, attempts with Sudan at Ol PeJeta Conservancies were unsuccessful.
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