Is there a story leading up to this one? I guess I was looking for answers to questions like:

- At what point did Sudan become the last male northern white rhino?

- Were similar conservation and breeding efforts done on the previous male northern white rhinos?

- If so, why did those fail (for both conservation and breeding)?

- How far back were conservation and breeding efforts executed and failed, leading up to the last one?

- Is this a case of hunting efforts out-pacing diligent conservation and breeding efforts, or was there not enough education and funding for truly diligent conservation and breeding efforts?

Unfortunately, the goal of this article seems to be to strike at the readers' emotions vs. present a factual story of the past and present. Not saying the former is bad, just that I was hoping for more of the latter.