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Test-tube rhinos

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Scientists have hatched an incredible plan to save the northern white rhino from extinction. The team is using IVF techniques to produce a calf because the only two females left alive are infertile. Nick Holland reports on how close they are to succeeding and of their hopes to eventually release a whole herd back into the wild.

Produced and presented by Nick Holland

Published on Tuesday, 22nd June 2021.

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