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 ...

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 ...

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% ...

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 ...

With rhino being poached at a rate of 3 per day, a small calf such as this shows some hope for the future.RHINO HORN IS NOT MEDICINEFilmed in the Sabi Sand Wildtuin, Greater Kruger National Park ...

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; ...

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.

When it comes to African wildlife, few things capture the imagination like the Big Five animals. I still remember the first ...

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.

In 2018 we estimated that 28% of private rhino owners in South Africa were disinvesting, while 57% were continuing as usual and 15% were investing in more rhinos. At that time rhino breeder John ...