Death of Sunda a grief to world.by Prakriti Dhakal | 21-03-2018 14:56 |
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 Death of Sudan is a brutal symbol of human ignorance for nature which is an alarming call for us to act on well being of planet. I still remember the crisis while chairing UNEP committe, Crisis Condition: The last three surviving species of Northern White Rhinoceros, 2 females and 1 male with very low sperm count left in Kenya are about to be hunted down by poachers from Thailand, India arriving through the Indian Ocean. Delegate of Kenya requested for military and financial assistance from powerful nations like USA and other European countries for defense and protection of the 3 northern white rhinoceros which were in the immediate risk of being poached. Delegates of Belgium, India, Denmark, Spain, Libya and USA agreed to support Kenya by providing military forces in Kenyan borders and across the Indian Ocean along with financial aid, arms and ammunitions. Delegate of South Africa suggested scientific breeding of the remaining Northern White Rhinoceros by recombinant DNA technology, embryo transfer, cloning and hybridization while standing against the idea of providing donations or financial aid for security. South Africa further proposed the idea of providing temporary asylum to the Kenyan elephants in South Africa until the crisis would be over, which was denied by the delegate of Kenya. Delegate of Kenya decided that they accept the financial and military assistance while rejecting the arms and ammunition that would be extravagant as the purpose was defense not war. Crisis was solved at 2:00 pm. This was a simulation we did long days back and when i heard about the sad news that put me on grief. Sudan, the last male northern white rhino, has died in Kenya at the age of 45, after becoming a symbol of efforts to save his subspecies from extinction, a fate that only science can now prevent. When Sudan was born in 1973 in the wild in Shambe, South Sudan, there were about 700 of his kind left in existence. At his death, there are only two females remaining alive and the hope that in-vitro fertilization (IVF) techniques will advance enough to preserve the sub-species. Sudan, elderly by rhino standards, had been ailing for some time, suffering from age-related infections, according to his keepers at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy. ?His condition worsened significantly in the last 24 hours; he was unable to stand up and was suffering a great deal. The veterinary team... made the decision to euthanize him.? Sudan lived out his final years on a 90,000-acre (36,400-hectare) reserve of savannah and woodlands in central Kenya, along with the two remaining females, under armed guard to protect them from poachers. source: http://www.arabnews.com/node/1269831/middle-east |
