{"id":72893,"date":"2020-11-07T13:47:28","date_gmt":"2020-11-07T13:47:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/34.140.144.153\/2020\/11\/07\/ivf-the-last-chance-for-kenyas-white-rhinos\/"},"modified":"2020-11-07T13:47:28","modified_gmt":"2020-11-07T13:47:28","slug":"ivf-the-last-chance-for-kenyas-white-rhinos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/guardian.ng\/tv\/ivf-the-last-chance-for-kenyas-white-rhinos\/","title":{"rendered":"IVF: The last chance for Kenya&#8217;s white rhinos?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"dailymotion-responsive-container\" style=\"position: relative; padding-bottom: 56.25%; height: 0; overflow: hidden; max-width: 100%;\"><div class=\"dailymotion-player\"><script src=\"https:\/\/geo.dailymotion.com\/player\/x1ee8e.js\" data-video=\"k6yp4SqRueMAb3wqsx2\"><\/script><\/div><br><br><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Recently on Focus, we brought you some good news: the story of how Kenya had managed to double its elephant population in the past three decades. 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