DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rhinos" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rhinos</span></a> translocated to <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Zululand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zululand</span></a> amid world’s largest <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rewilding</span></a> project </p><p>Game reserve in Zululand takes delivery of several rhinos as part of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RhinoRewild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RhinoRewild</span></a> initiative </p><p>Tracey Turner, December 20, 2024</p><p>"In what is reported to be part of the largest rewilding project in the world, a northern Zululand game reserve recently welcomed several southern white rhinos to its fold.</p><p>"This latest translocation is the year-end culmination in this 10-year rewilding project, now in its second year, which aims to relocate over 2 000 rhinos across Africa.</p><p>"The relocation formed part of African Parks’ Rhino <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewild" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewild</span></a> initiative in the NPO’s bid to rescue the species from the brink of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/extinction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>extinction</span></a>.</p><p>"This rewilding effort will supplement the reserve’s existing rhino population with new genetics, with all rhinos dehorned before their translocation [sad that has to happen].</p><p>"'We are proud to be receiving a number of white rhinos from African Parks in terms of their rhino rewilding programme,' said the chairperson of the receiving reserve, which cannot be named for protection of the rhino population.</p><p>"The project is a successful collaboration between <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WeWildAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WeWildAfrica</span></a> and the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WildlifeEmergencyFund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>WildlifeEmergencyFund</span></a>."</p><p><a href="https://www.citizen.co.za/zululand-observer/news-headlines/local-news/2024/12/20/watch-rhinos-translocated-to-zululand-amid-worlds-largest-rewilding-project/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">citizen.co.za/zululand-observe</span><span class="invisible">r/news-headlines/local-news/2024/12/20/watch-rhinos-translocated-to-zululand-amid-worlds-largest-rewilding-project/</span></a></p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Rewilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Rewilding</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RewildingAfrica" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RewildingAfrica</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/RewildingZululand" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RewildingZululand</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/SolarPunkSunday" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SolarPunkSunday</span></a></p>