HOW GENETIC ENGINEERING IS SAVING THE LAST TWO NORTHERN WHITE RHINOS on EARTH /#DeExtinction

I flew out to see the last 2 Northern White Rhinos on Planet Earth 5 years ago where they stay under 24/7 armed guard at Ol'Pejeta after being announced as the last of their kind on Planet Earth. They are 'Functionally Extinct' which means that extinction is inevitable as they cannot breed anymore. It was the saddest episode I'd ever made..BUT..I have an amazing announcement! They are going to be SAVED!!! But how? Using DNA and Gene Editing. Colossal BioSciences and Bio Rescue have teamed up to create 30 viable Northern White Embryos which have been edited using DNA from museum exhibits (old skin, hair, bone DNA) in order to create genetic diversity. The first baby calf should be here by 2025. Watch today's exciting episode as Animal Watch has teamed up Colossal BioSciences ongoing to bring you all the De-Extinction News as it comes including the return of the Woolly Mammoth, the Dodo and the Thylacine. Exciting times!!!

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Presented by Anneka Svenska

Featuring Matt James & staff at Ol'Pejeta

Filmed by Ellen Hope Cobb /Tom Ross

Thankyou to Ami Vitale for photos/Instagram Footage

Edited by Ellen Hope Cobb

Music by Kevin Macleod

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[Ninoy]

This is huge news. I am so glad that there is still hope to re produce these magnificent animal before they go for good.

[itiscolossal]

Thanks for sharing our colossal mission 🦣

[ronniedodge]

Seeing a mammoth back and the dodo will be super emotional and fantastic news about the northern white rhino 👏👏🎉🎉

[MarjanKranjec-rsny]

So happy to hear the great news Anneka😀✌🏻I really enjoy your channel and the videos are amazing to watch.

[nekite]

As much as this is really good news and leaves us hopeful in reversing the ecocide that humans has inflicted so far, I must admit that I'm smitten by your beautiful wolf dog. I had a big and handsome standard poodle who attracted attention wherever he went, but your dog is just another level.

[Faelani]

I am glad they are stepping up to help the Northern white rhino. I was hoping for this.

[davidvickers-hmxm]

What an incredible video into the amazing work of all those people, my kind of people. Animals are so precious. I've subscribed and shared 😊

[robertobreglia]

Fantastic video Anneka! Thank you very much for giving us such sensational news! This Colossal project is truly exceptional both in terms of white rhinoceros and in terms of bringing some extinct animals back to life! I'm really very happy that all this will actually happen because our planet needs to return to a better condition to hallow humans and animals to live better. Anneka again thank you so much and i wish you and Ocean all the best!👍👍💙🐺🫶

[animaladventurer]

Hi Anneka... this is a very informative and fascinating video about the work that's being done to save critically endangered species. While it's amazing to learn there is research work being done to bring back extinct animals, I just wanted to point out some potential drawbacks to de-extinction. For instance, if suppose the woolly mammoth is reintroduced in the tundra, it could compete with other animals for food and space. In addition, the mammoth could be susceptible to a disease for which it may not be immune to. Furthermore, the tundra environment is completely different than how it was when the mammoths became extinct. Also, funding for de-extinction projects would most likely come from current conservation projects. This would weaken the efforts and critically endangered species would start to go extinct faster due to lack of resources.

I'm not trying to sound critical of any efforts. I just wanted to point out the disadvantages that should be taken into consideration in order to ensure animal life is not negatively impacted.

[jabbarmuhammad]

This is great it's like Jurassic Park for real

[shabnamibrahim]

This is great invention👏👏👍. Excellent mam👍👍❤

[klcpca]

I'm going to be "the I can understand helping the animals that mankind has eliminated such as the rhinos but I'm not sure bringing back many extinct creatures is necessarily a good thing. We need to be very careful. Why would you bring back 1 mammoth, 1 dodo, dinosaurs etc or even a couple of them??? If they survived and procreated, what would we do with them? What kind of life would they have-- it would have to be in a zoo or contained area. You couldn't have mammoths and dodos just running wild. Would they survive in our climate now??? What would they eat?? Why bring them back to just probably die out again??? Just because we can do it... doesn't mean we should do it.

[paultodd]

Great news, but absolutely love your wolf 🥰

[guilhermegomes]

Can you make a video about the Pondego Hunting dog from Portugal??

[Jasesrabbitryandrattery]

Can you do a video on beauceron/french shepherd if not could you do a video on Belgian Tervuren and if not that either I’d love an update on the Yakutian Laika

[mandyholmberg]

Yay I am really! So very happy about this 😃 and at the same time it's a really! Very sad story 😢💔

[guilhermegomes]

I think it would be interesting to show a different Breed from a Different country

[fletchdad]

We humans have caused such destruction on this planet ! It's about time we have done something positive !

[guilhermegomes]

The Podengo dog it kinda looks like a Dingo

[TommyBoggs-cqte]

We have to bring back all the animals from extinction such as polar bears and vaquitas!