Scientists harvested 10 more white rhino eggs, Tuesday, August 18, from the last two females alive in a bid to save the species, in a conservancy in Kenya.
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READ MORE: The two females – Najin and Fatuwill who are mother and daughter – live at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
Because neither one would be able to carry a pregnancy to full term, the scientists hope to create viable embryos and implant them into southern white rhinos.
Czech and German experts are leading the effort.
“If you want to start a population of the northern white rhino, one baby is not enough, you need as many babies as possible,” Jan Stejskal of the Czech Republic's Dvůr Králové Zoo says.
Eggs harvested from Najin and Fatuwill last year resulted in three viable embryos that are now frozen.
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