Was the death of the last male northern white rhino the end of a hoax?

Sudan, the last male of his kind, died on March 19, 2018, in Kenya. It’s now curtains for northern white rhinoceroses. His survivors are his daughter Najin and Najin’s daughter, Fatu.

The international media chronicled the poignancy of the 45-year-old’s death at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, a private reserve owned and operated by a Kenyan NGO in a long-term agreement with another NGO, Flora and Fauna International, UK.

Without a male, only assisted reproductive methods can keep these rhinos going. Genetic and semen samples from Sudan are in cold storage awaiting technological advances and funding. Ol Pejeta set up an account for him