Rhino Relocations

[Lisbeth]

That sure is a way to kill them all together

[Richprins]

[Flutterby]

I read the same thing somewhere!!

[Lisbeth]

Another endangered black rhino dies after Kenya transfer

2018-07-17 21:00 AP

Kenyan authorities say a ninth critically endangered black rhino has died after being moved from the capital to a new wildlife park.

A statement on Tuesday from the ministry of tourism and wildlife notes the latest death. The others were announced on Friday. The ministry says preliminary investigations point to salt poisoning as the rhinos tried to adapt to saltier water in their new home.

Minister Najib Balala says just two of the 11 rhinos transported last month are still alive.

The ministry has suspended the ongoing move of rhinos and said the surviving ones in the new park are being closely monitored.

Transporting wildlife is a conservation strategy used to help build up animal populations. Kenya says it transported 149 rhinos between 2005 and 2017 with just eight deaths.

[Lisbeth]

.......with just eight deaths.

Eight too many

[Flutterby]

[Richprins]

Thursday 26 July 2018 - 2:09pm

NAIROBI - A tenth critically endangered black rhino has been reported dead after a botched operation to move the animals to a new reserve in southern Kenya, the country's tourism minister said on Thursday.

The one surviving animal from last month's attempt to transfer 11 rhinos from Nairobi and Lake Nakuru national parks to Tsavo East is in a critical condition and could also die after being attacked by lions.

Tourism Minister Najib Balala, who had ordered detectives to investigate the fiasco, said at a briefing in Nairobi that several of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) officials involved in the deadly operation had been suspended.

"Yesterday the tenth rhino died. Also, unfortunately, the eleventh rhino has been attacked by lions yesterday. (It) was treated and so far we are monitoring that eleventh rhino," he said.

"According to the inquiry team the cause of all the deaths was... multiple stress syndrome intensified by salt poisoning," he added, admitting there had been "negligence" by the transfer team.

Last week the minister suggested that the rhinos may have become dehydrated and died after drinking saline water in their new habitat.

Save the Rhinos estimates there are fewer than 5,500 black rhinos in the world, all of them in Africa, while Kenya's black rhino population stands at 750, according to the Worldwide Fund for Nature.

Between 2005 and 2017, 147 black rhinos were transferred to new habitats in Kenya, the tourism ministry said. Just eight died following those transfer operations.

According to KWS figures, nine rhinos were killed in Kenya last year.

In May, three more were shot dead inside a specially-protected sanctuary in northern Kenya and their horns removed, while in March the last male northern white rhino on earth, an elderly bull named Sudan, was put down by Kenyan vets after falling ill.

Rhinos have few natural predators because of their size and thick skin but are targeted by poachers for their horns which are highly valued in parts of Asia where they are believed to have medicinal qualities.

Huge demand from China and Vietnam where the horns can fetch tens of thousands of dollars has led to a collapse in the number of rhinos in the wild.

https://www.enca.com/africa/almost-all- ... ragic-move

[Lisbeth]

Lack of training or lack of interest

[RogerFraser]

Latest report is the last one has died now

[Flutterby]

What a waste!!