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IVF breakthrough could revive nearly extinct rhino species

The ambitious reproduction programme is the last chance at survival for the northern white rhino species, whose last two members live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya under 24-hour guard to protect them from poachers. 

A northern white rhinoceros at the Ol Pejeta conservancy in Kenya. (Tony Karumba/AFP/Getty Images)
By: NewVision Reporter, Journalists @NewVision

BERLIN, GERMANY  - Scientists have carried out the first successful in vitro fertilisation of a southern white rhino, a major breakthrough that could pave the way to saving

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