Last male northern white rhino joins Tinder to raise money

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The last male northern white rhino on earth has joined the dating app Tinder – as part of fundraising efforts by conservationists to save the species.

At 43 (or 100 in rhino years), Sudan is described as “one of a kind”, who likes to eat grass and chill in the mud.

Attempts to mate the animal – who lives in Kenya – with only two surviving females have failed.

Conservationists say they need to raise $10m (£7.8m) to develop in vitro fertilisation (IVF) methods for rhinos.

“It’s never ever has been done in rhinos before,” Richard Vigne, head of Ol Pejeta Conservancy, told the BBC.

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