A win for wild black rhinos! Conservationists successfully moved 16 endangered black rhinos to an @IUCN rated “ideal” habitat in #Eswatini (formerly Swaziland), after removal from a poaching hotspot in South Africa, home to 80% of the world's 5000 rhinos. earther.gizmodo.com/16-endan…

16 Endangered Black Rhinos Successfully Relocated to Eswatini

Conservationists have successfully moved 16 endangered black rhinos to the tiny—but “ideal”—African country of Eswatini, after removing them last year from a poaching hotspot in South Africa.

gizmodo.com

Jul 28, 2019 · 9:46 AM UTC

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Did better than Kenya who lost all rhino translocated within weeks. Stupid and criminal.
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Let's not celebrate this too early. All 11 black rhinos that were moved to Tsavo East in Kenya died last year because the location was not well thought. Others died in Chad... Moving rhinos is a complex and risky process.
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