African Parks Rescue 2,000 Rhinos for Rewilding Project
Conservation NGO African Parks has purchased 2,000 white rhinos for a rewilding project. The Johannesburg, South Africa, organization made the announcement Monday and offered details. “Platinum Rhino” was the world’s…
Conservation NGO African Parks has purchased 2,000 white rhinos for a rewilding project.
The Johannesburg, South Africa, organization made the announcement Monday and offered details.
“Platinum Rhino” was the world’s largest rhino breeding operation until it experienced financial issues.
The organization put its 7,800-hectare property up for auction along with the 2,000 southern white rhinoceri bred on the area in April.
These animals make up about 15% of the earth’s remaining wild population, and so in order to prevent poachers or harmful individuals from bidding for the land, African Parks utilized funds to take ownership.
African Parks has already successfully executed rhino rewilding projects in Rwanda, Malawi, and the Democratic Republic of Congo.
The organization plans to rewild these newly acquired rhinos over the course of the next 10 years.
Peter Fearnhead, CEO of African Parks