Endangered northern white rhinoceros dies at California zoo

A NORTHERN white rhinoceros, one of just four left on earth, has died at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park after suffering from a bacterial infection and age-related health issues, zoo officials say.

Nola, a 41-year-old rhino brought to the Southern California park in 1989 as part of a breeding program, took a turn for the worse over the weekend following a November 13 surgical procedure to drain a large pelvic abscess identified as the infection source, the zoo said in a statement on Sunday.

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