Wednesday, 10 July 2013

A mammoth task: Scientists are reviving endangered animals, and awakening ethical questions

In the 1960s, the world population of the northern white rhinoceros‏ numbered more than 2,000. At present, there are only seven left in the world: two in the San Diego Zoo Safari Park; one in the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic; and four in the Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya. The last birth of a northern white rhino occurred in the year 2000. Since then, none of the rhinos has...

http://www.haaretz.com/weekend/magazine/a-mammoth-task-scientists-are-reviving-endangered-animals-and-awakening-ethical-questions.premium-1.533731

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