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Exploring the limits of saving a subspecies: The ethics and social dynamics of restoring northern white rhinos ( Ceratotherium simum cottoni )

Year: 2020
Type: article
Abstract: The northern white rhino ( Ceratotherium simum cottoni ) is functionally extinct with only two females left alive. However, cryopreserved material from a number of individuals represents the potential to produce additional individuals using advanced reproductive and genetic rescue technologies and perhaps eventually a population to return to their native range. If this could and were done, how should it be done responsibly and thoughtfully. What issues and questions of a technical, bioethical, and societal nature will it raise that need to be anticipated and addressed? Such issues are explored in this article by an interdisciplinary team assembled to provide context to the northern white rhino project of the San Diego Zoo Global.
DOI: 10.1111/csp2.241
Authors: Oliver A. Ryder, Carrie Friese, Henry T. Greely, Ronald Sandler, Joseph Saragusty, Barbara S. Durrant, Kent H. Redford
Institutions: San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, London School of Economics and Political Science, Stanford University, Northeastern University, University of Teramo, Griffith University, University of New England, Eastern Maine Medical Center
Language: English
Open Access status: gold
Estimated APC paid: $1,850
OpenAlex ID: W3041709140
FWCI: 1.925
Cites: 31
Cited by: 24
Related to: 10