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Tuesday, November 26, 2024

ANOTHER BLACK RHINO SUCCESSFULLY TRANSLOCATED

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The WWF-SA Black Rhino Range Expansion Project (BRREP) has just completed its 12th successful black rhino move, including translocating its 200th rhino, as part of an ongoing initiative to increase the growth rate of this critically endangered species.

Now in its 16th year, this project actively seeks out new areas to establish populations of black rhinos where they have space to breed and increase their numbers.

For the latest move, BRREP joined hands with private landowners, a community and the provincial government in the Eastern Cape, to create a 14 000 hectare reserve. All of them are now the joint custodians of the group of black rhinos.

Pictures: WWF – Micky Wiswedel

Liesl Smit
Liesl Smit
Liesl is the Smile 90.4FM News Manager. She has been at Smile since 2016, with nearly 20 years experience in the radio industry, including reading news, field reporting and producing. In 2008 she won the Vodacom Journalist of the Year Award, Western Cape region. liesl@smile904.fm

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