شفقنا افغانستان_شکار غیرمجاز و نابودی محیط زیست باعث انقراض هزاران گونه جانوری و گیاهی در سرتاسر جهان شده است. یکی از این گونهها، کرگدن سفید شمالی است که وضعیت بسیار غیرمطمئن و فاجعهباری دارد. تنها سه کرگدن از زیرگونه کرگدنهای سفید شمالی در سراسر جهان باقی مانده که در منطقه حفاظت شده اُل پیجیتا در کنیا زندگی میکنند. با توجه به این که تنها کرگدن نر باقی مانده به شدت بیمار است، نگرانیها بابت نزدیک بودن خطر انقراض این زیرگونه افزایش یافته است.
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Najin and her daughter Patu, the last two northern white rhino females, lie in their enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz RatnerSudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino, is fed by a warden at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park May 3, 2017. Sudan spent most of the past two weeks lying in his pen due to discomfort from a deep wound on his right hind leg. His keepers had wondered whether it might be time to put him down. REUTERS/Baz Ratner/File PhotoSudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino, grazes at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park May 3, 2017. After all attempts at getting him to mate naturally failed, conservationists last year put Sudan on dating app Tinder, hoping to raise enough money to pay for a $9-million fertility treatment. REUTERS/Baz RatnerSudan, the last surviving male northern white rhino, is fed by a warden at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park May 3, 2017. The world’s last male northern white rhino, Sudan, is recovering from an infected leg that raised fears over the past week he might have to be put down, a veterinarian at a conservancy in Kenya said REUTERS/Baz RatnerNajin and her daughter Patu, the last two northern white rhino females, lie in their enclosure at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz RatnerRhinos and giraffes graze at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia National Park, March 7, 2018. REUTERS/Baz Ratner