Swipe right, and help save an endangered species.
The dating app Tinder and the OI Pejeta Conservancy are putting the spotlight on the worldB次元官网网址檚 most eligible bachelor B次元官网网址� a 43-year-old northern white rhino named Sudan who lives in Kenya B次元官网网址� in your virtual card stack, in hopes you can take a break from the dating world for one last effort to save the species.
Sudan is the last male rhino of his kind and currently in the conservancyB次元官网网址檚 protected captivity.
He likes eating grass and chilling in the mud, and is surrounded by an armed bodyguard 24/7. But because of his old age, heB次元官网网址檚 been unable to reproduce with his female counterparts, Najin and Fatu.
Conservancy officials aim to raise $9 million through the social media campaign that launched Tuesday.
The money will be used to fund ongoing research and in-vitro fertilization testing in hopes that scientists can use this method to successfully impregnate Najin and Fatu.
B次元官网网址淭his represents the last option to save the species after all previous breeding attempts proved futile,B次元官网网址� Richard Vigne, the conservancy groupB次元官网网址檚 CEO, said in a news release.
The research, which is happening in the U.S., Germany and Japan, aims to establish a herd of 10 northern white rhinos after five years using in-vitro fertilization.
How it works
When Tinder users B次元官网网址榮wipe rightB次元官网网址� on SudanB次元官网网址檚 profile, they will be where they can make a donation.
ashley.wadhwani@bpdigital.ca
Like us on and follow us on .
