The art of taking sperm from a rhino - ABCiviewListen

Dr Tamara Keeley is a zoologist who specialises in using reproductive technology to help endangered species.

After starting the first captive breeding program for groundhogs on Vancouver Island in Canada, she moved to Australia to begin working with Tasmanian Devils.

She began harvesting their sperm to create a bank of their genetic material for the future.

Later, after establishing a lab at the Dubbo Zoo, Tamara helped create the world's first Black Rhino embryo.

Another one of her projects aimed to create a genome bank for the struggling koala populations in South East Queensland.

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Originally broadcast May 2018

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