WINNER, TRAVEL PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR 2022
Matjaz Krivic, Slovenia Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Nanyuki, Kenya
“Najin, one of the world’s last two remaining Northern White rhinos being caressed by her keeper Zachary Mutai in Ol Pejeta Conservancy.
“The northern white rhino is all but extinct – the two last males died several years ago. Two females still survive but, as they are too feeble to bear babies, their eggs are being artificially fertilised by sperm from the late males and kept at a temperature of -196°C in an Italian laboratory.
“The hope is that surrogates from another sub-species can