This is the remarkable story of 43-year-old Sudan, the very last male northern white rhino on the planet. Aged just three, Sudan was snatched from his mother's side in Central Africa. He became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain, while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction in the wild. Today, Sudan has become an unwitting celebrity and the focus of a desperate eleventh hour battle to save his sub-species. This astonishing modern-day fable is told through the international cast of characters who have been involved in Sudan's life, for better and for worse.
This is the remarkable story of 43-year-old Sudan, the very last male northern white rhino on the planet. Aged just three, Sudan was snatched from his mother's side in Central Africa. He became a prized exhibit in a zoo behind the Iron Curtain, while the rest of his kind was poached to extinction in the wild. Today, Sudan has become an unwitting celebrity and the focus of a desperate eleventh hour battle to save his sub-species. This astonishing modern-day fable is told through the international cast of characters who have been involved in Sudan's life, for better and for worse.
General Note
Originally released by BBC Worldwide Learning, 2017.
Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on May 22, 2019.
Content Note
Ol Pejeta Conservancy (4:40); --Northern White Rhino (6:23); -- In Vitro Fertilization (8:40); -- Human Driven Extinction (6:22); -- Safety Measures (5:58); -- Dvur Kralove (8:07); -- Reproduction Trials (6:25); -- Last Male Northern White Rhino (4:01); -- Credits: Sudan: The Last of the Rhinos (0:34); .
