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World's 1st rhino pregnancy via embryo transfer offers hope to save species | Wildlife conservationists hail this groundbreaking achievement and see it as a potential step toward the protection of the critically endangered northern white rhino.


Presently, there are only two remaining northern white rhinos, both of which are female and incapable of carrying a full-term pregnancy.

A historic milestone has been reached as experts accomplish the world's first rhinoceros pregnancy through the artificial reproduction process. Wildlife conservationists hail this groundbreaking achievement and see it as a potential step toward the protection of the critically endangered northern white rhino. On September 24, 2023, the BioRescue team transplanted a northern white rhino embryo into a southern surrogate at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.

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