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Northern white rhinos face extinction

Northern white female rhino Nabire, right, is shown at a Czech Republic zoo in 2011. At left is Natal, a southern white rhino.

Northern white female rhino Nabire, right, is shown at a Czech Republic zoo in 2011. At left is Natal, a southern white rhino.   (Petr David Josek / Associated Press)

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Kenya, the Czech Republic and the San Diego Zoo Safari Park are believed to have the only northern white rhinos left in existence.

Northern white rhino

A northern white rhino in 1995 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, known then as the Wild Animal Park.  (Bob Grieser / Los Angeles Times)

Female rhino Fatu

Fatu is under observation at a Kenyan preserve. Keepers say they doubt the extremely endangered rhinos there will ever reproduce naturally.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Three of last five endangered rhinos

Fatu, a female rhino shown in December 2014, is let out of her pen to graze at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. White rhinos are the second-largest land mammal, the World Wildlife Fund says.  (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

Northern white rhino in Kenya

Najin is a female northern white rhino at the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.   (Ben Curtis / Associated Press)

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