Last Man Standing

The article that I chose was a sad story indeed. It is the story about the last of a kind, the last male northern white rhino in the world. This animal, which is highly valued by poachers, is on 24/7 guard from armed soldiers. This 42 year old rhino named Sudan could be the last one to walk this earth if something is not done to save its species. Sudan is the last male, but there is other females, which they are trying to mate Sudan with, but there are some problems involved with this. Sudan has a very low sperm count and one of the females could conceive a baby, but does not have strong enough hind legs to support mounting from a mate. 

This story is a tear jerker, and makes you think of how sad the rhino must be being the only male of his species. Even though he might not know that he is, he has never met anything or anyone like him in his entire life. This would be like a male human being with just himself and two girls and never meeting another male in his life. Also, I am sad that there is such a low chance of this species being saved because of the age and problems with the mating of these rhinos. 

http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/16/africa/kenya-northern-white-rhino/index.html