Last Two - The Battle to Save the Northern White Rhinos

This is the story of the last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, as the species has fallen victim to poaching, wars, climate change, and Asian economic boom to become functionally extinct, as well as the story of the scientists and conservationists around the world fighting to save the species through scientific innovation.

List of contents

Introduction: Waiting for a Color Postcard
Chapter One: The Rhinocide
Chapter Two: An Evening at the Rhino Cemetery
Chapter Three: Poaching: A Long Genocidal Chain
Chapter Four: God's Particle in Human Hands
Chapter Five: Creating Life
Chapter Six: The Girls Speak Czech
Chapter Seven: What Can Be Sacrificed in the Name of Saving a Species
Chapter Eight: Resurrecting the Elephants in Samburu
Chapter Nine: The Front Line
Chapter Ten: Life after Life
Epilogue
Bibliography
Notes
Index
About the Authors

About the author

By Boštjan Videmšek and Maja Prijatelj Videmšek - Photographs by Matjaž Krivic

Summary

This is the story of the last two northern white rhinos, Najin and Fatu, as the species has fallen victim to poaching, wars, climate change, and Asian economic boom to become functionally extinct, as well as the story of the scientists and conservationists around the world fighting to save the species through scientific innovation.

Product details

• Authors: Bo¿tjan Videm¿ek, Maja Prijatelj Videm¿ek, Bostjan Videmsek, Bostjan Videmsek Videmsek, Maja Prijatelj Videmsek, Boštjan Videmšek, Maja Prijatelj Videmšek
• Assisted by: Matjaz Krivic (Photographs), Matjaž Krivic (Photographs)
• Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.08.2023
• EAN: 9781538178461
• ISBN: 978-1-5381-7846-1
• No. of pages: 248
• Subjects: Guides > Nature; Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Ecology; Non-fiction book > Nature, technology > Nature: general, reference works; NATURE / Endangered Species, NATURE / Animals / Mammals, Kenya, Endangered species & extinction of species, Wildlife: mammals, Wildlife: mammals: general interest, Endangered species and extinction of species