In a major step toward wildlife conservation, 70 southern white rhinos have been relocated from South Africa to Akagera National Park in Rwanda. This marks the largest translocation of white ...

A conservation group says it will rewild 2000 mostly captive-bred southern white rhinos (Ceratotherium simum simum), representing around 15 per cent of the total population of this species.The ...

LONDON -- South African Conservation Group African Parks has announced it is set to release 2,000 southern white rhinos into the wild in what is set to be one of Africa’s largest rewilding ...

Seventy southern white rhinos have completed a journey of more than 3,400 kilometres ... (IRF), rhino poaching in Africa rose by 4 percent from 2022 to 2023, with at least 586 rhinos poached in 2023.

There are fewer than 16,000 white rhinos around the world and are classified as "near threatened." John Hume, owner of the Platinum Rhino Project, is estimated to own somewhere between 13% to 15% ...

The last time black rhinos roamed in the park was 40 years ago, before a 15-year civil war decimated its wildlife. ... roughly 2,000 black rhinos and 15,000 white rhinos are left in South Africa.

Analysis - Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20,000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa.

South Africa has the largest rhino population in the world, with an estimated 16,000 to 18,000 animals, according to conservation groups. That includes black and white rhinos.

Southern white rhino ... increased to between 19,600 and 21,000 residing in protected areas and private game reserves predominantly within South Africa. But the white rhino ... May 15 , 2025 ...

Rwanda's biggest national park announced on Thursday it will be receiving 70 white rhinos from South Africa later this month, ... May 15, 2025 May 15, 2025 Updated May 16, 2025; Facebook; ...

South African Environment Minister Dion George announced on Monday, May 5, that poachers killed over 100 rhinos in South Africa between Jan. 1 and March 31.

Seventy southern white rhinos have completed a journey of more than 3,400 kilometres (at least 2,112 miles) by truck and Boeing 747 from South Africa to Rwanda in what has been described as the ...