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epa04990707 YEARENDER 2015 FEATURE PACKAGES.(06/15) Rhino caretaker Mohammed Doyo caresses 25-year-old female northern white rhino 'Najin' at Ol Pejeta Conservancy near Nanyuki, some 200km north of Nairobi, Kenya, 18 February 2015. Ol Pejeta Conservancy is a home to three - one male and two females - of the last five remaining rhino subspecies on the planet. According to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF), more than 2,000 northern white rhinos were remaining as late as 1960. However, a massive surge in poaching has left the world with only 15 animals in 1980, and only five by year 2015. In Kenya, 54 rhinos have been killed by poachers in 2014, according to the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS). EPA/DAI KUROKAWA PLEASE REFER TO THIS ADVISORY (epa04675720) NOTICE FOR FULL PACKAGE TEXT