There are only seven (!!!) known Northern white rhinos remaining in the world, and in 2009 four of these were moved from the Czech Republic to the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. Their return to Africa was considered the last chance at preserving the genetic material of their sub-species - which has been poached to extinction in the wild. Experts believed that a return to their natural environment might induce hormonal changes to make the females (Najin and Fatu) receptive to breeding.
After a whole load of match-making by conservationists and a little bit of foreplay:
"On Friday March 27th.. Najin and Suni became really interested in each other. The courtship ritual involved Suni smelling Najin’s rump to determine her pheromone levels and both of them grunting and chasing each other around."
She looks kinda bored but clearly willing to take one for the team.
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