{"id":67168,"date":"2018-03-07T00:20:25","date_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:20:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/"},"modified":"2018-03-07T00:20:25","modified_gmt":"2018-03-07T00:20:25","slug":"last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/","title":{"rendered":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#8217;s health improves slightly"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino has rallied slightly, days after his carers said his future was &quot;not looking bright&quot;.<\/p>\n<p>Sudan, who lives at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya, enjoyed a mud bath in the rain on Monday, a spokesman told the BBC.<\/p>\n<p>However, they were still not holding out &quot;big hopes&quot; for a miracle recovery.<\/p>\n<p>The 45-year-old is one of just three remaining northern white rhinos and is the only male.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/live\/world-africa-43285785\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Read all the latest news from Africa today<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Attempts to mate him with the two surviving female rhinos failed, however, and an account was created for him on the dating app Tinder last year, not to find love, but to help fund the development of in vitro fertilisation (IVF) for rhinos. <\/p>\n<p>The move won him fans across the world \u2013 many of whom were devastated on hearing news of his &quot;ailing condition&quot; last Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>Ol Pejeta&#039;s Elodie Sampere, told the BBC the rhino \u2013 who is the equivalent of 90 in human years, according to the reserve \u2013 had been suffering from bedsores as his mobility decreased, one of which had become infected.<\/p>\n<p>&quot;We are treating his wounds twice a day to avoid the risk of infection and they&#039;re getting better,&quot; she said on Tuesday. &quot;The sores are being made worse because he lies down too much.&quot;<\/p>\n<p>The reserve, which has been caring for Sudan and his two female companions since 2009, keeping them under 24-hour armed guard to protect them from poachers, has accepted the rhino will not be with them much longer.<\/p>\n<p>He had only recovered in the last few months from an infection which took hold late last year.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>However, they have been encouraged by Sudan&#039;s &quot;lifted spirits&quot; in the last few days.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/#jump-linkhttps:\/\/twitter.com\/OlPejeta\/status\/970996543435296769\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Skip Twitter post 2 by @OlPejeta<\/a><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>It\u2019s been raining heavily on Ol Pejeta for the past couple of days and the weather certainly seems to have lifted Sudan\u2019s spirits. He has been able to wallow in the mud \u2013 with the careful assistance of his caregivers \u2013 something that he seems to savour. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/B0bhaIL7GN\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">pic.twitter.com\/B0bhaIL7GN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Ol Pejeta (@OlPejeta) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/OlPejeta\/status\/970996543435296769?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">March 6, 2018<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>End of Twitter post 2 by @OlPejeta<\/p>\n<p>Sudan was retired from his role as a potential mate four years ago.<\/p>\n<p>But conservationists hope this does not mean the end for the northern white rhino. The two female rhinos \u2013 Najin and Fatu \u2013 are far younger, and progress with IVF may mean they are one day able to have their own calves.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/blockads.fivefilters.org\/acceptable.html\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/world-africa-43300713\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Original Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":67169,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[49],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-67168","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#039;s health improves slightly - Business News Report<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#039;s health improves slightly - Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Business News Report\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"576\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@BNReport\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"infopal11\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\"},\"headline\":\"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#8217;s health improves slightly\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":434,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Science\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/\",\"name\":\"Last male northern white rhino Sudan's health improves slightly - Business News Report\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00\",\"description\":\"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2018\\\/03\\\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":576},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#8217;s health improves slightly\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Business News Report\",\"description\":\"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2020\\\/12\\\/LOGO2.png\",\"width\":200,\"height\":50,\"caption\":\"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/BNReport\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/business.newsreport\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f\",\"name\":\"infopal11\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.bnreport.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/infopal11\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan's health improves slightly - Business News Report","description":"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan's health improves slightly - Business News Report","og_description":"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/","og_site_name":"Business News Report","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","article_published_time":"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":576,"url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"infopal11","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@BNReport","twitter_site":"@BNReport","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"infopal11","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/"},"author":{"name":"infopal11","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f"},"headline":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#8217;s health improves slightly","datePublished":"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/"},"wordCount":434,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg","articleSection":["Science"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/","name":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan's health improves slightly - Business News Report","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg","datePublished":"2018-03-07T00:20:25+00:00","description":"The world&#039;s last surviving male northern white rhino ha..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/100296455_66273dff-a531-400a-86a1-57a239ebb7ee.jpg","width":1024,"height":576},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/last-male-northern-white-rhino-sudans-health-improves-slightly\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"\u0627\u0644\u0631\u0626\u064a\u0633\u064a\u0629","item":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Last male northern white rhino Sudan&#8217;s health improves slightly"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","name":"Business News Report","description":"Latest News on the World of Politics &amp; Business","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#organization","name":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/12\/LOGO2.png","width":200,"height":50,"caption":"\u0628\u0632\u0646\u0633 \u0631\u064a\u0628\u0648\u0631\u062a \u0627\u0644\u0627\u062e\u0628\u0627\u0631\u064a"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Business-NewsReport-328225811095934\/","https:\/\/x.com\/BNReport","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/business.newsreport"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/19d1c5a2dd7f60584a09de4a7805d68f","name":"infopal11","url":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/author\/infopal11\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67168","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=67168"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67168\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/67169"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67168"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67168"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.bnreport.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67168"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}