Scientists say the successful pregnancy of a surrogate southern white rhino shows they can use IVF to preserve the more endangered and near extinct northern white rhino sub-species. The embryo was produced in vitro from collected eggs and sperm and transferred to the surrogate mother at Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
For the first time ever, a rhino was impregnated via in vitro fertilization. Scientists now believe they can use IVF to save the critically endangered northern white rhino.
The scientists were optimistic about their finding, though some conservationists are skeptical that the breakthrough has come in time to save the northern white rhino.
NAIROBI, Kenya — Researchers say a rhinoceros was impregnated through embryo transfer in the first successful use of a method that they say might later make it possible to save