The End of the Line

The northern white rhino's future rests on Najin and Fatu—its final living representatives

- By CHANDREYI BANDYOPADHYAY

In the sun-drenched grassland of Kenya’s Ol Pejeta Conservancy, two northern white rhinoceros—the last of their kind—graze side-by-side.

Visitors stand before this mother-daughter rhino duo in a moment of transcendence, as if they are facing an encounter with the fragility of existence itself. Today, Najin and Fatu, world's last northern white rhino, roam under the constant protection—limited by the fence of the conservancyand the fear of poaching. But their story spans across continents, and their existence is a race against time, hope, and survival.