One of six northern white rhinoceros left in the world has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. Angalifu, who was about 44 years old, apparently died of old age on Sunday. He had arrived at the park from the Khartoum Zoo in Sudan in August 1990.
'Angalifu's death is a tremendous loss to all of us,' safari park curator Randy Rieches said in a statement. 'Not only because he was well beloved here at the park but also because his death brings this wonderful species one step closer to extinction.'
On their Facebook page, zoo officials said the rhino had been 'under veterinary care for geriatric conditions for some time'.
His death leaves only one northern white rhino at the zoo - a 40-year-old female named Nola - another at a zoo in the Czech Republic and three in a preserve in Kenya. Of these, just one is male.
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