Rhino Relocations

[Lisbeth]

Hmmm!

[Peter Betts]

Well I ask you with tears in my Eyes ..What other outcome was expected by sending our Precious Black Rhinos to the Poaching Capital Country of Africa ..Rife with no Control etc ..I am mad ..Get those other 4 back now ..and stop being 'Politically Correct SA Govt

[Lisbeth]

It is important to know the cause of death. Five months is a long time, so it cannot be due to the stress of the relocation

[Richprins]

What is interesting is that the Addo rhino come from Kenya originally, with three KZN bulls added later which seems to have been a bit of a mistake, as the subspecies are quite different.

http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/inde ... 1165236961

[Lisbeth]

Interesting web site

[Peter Betts]

What is interesting is that the Addo rhino come from Kenya originally, with three KZN bulls added later which seems to have been a bit of a mistake, as the subspecies are quite different.

http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/inde ... 1165236961

These Rhino that went there left from Addo but they came from Marakele I was told by the Addo Conservation guys

[Richprins]

Four rare black rhinos die after move from SA

Tuesday 6 November 2018 - 7:22pm




File: The relocation of the rhinos from South Africa was intended to help safeguard the long-term future of the species by spreading it out into more places.
Baz Ratner
Reuters

DAKAR - Four out of six endangered black rhinos that were relocated to Chad from South Africa have died, possibly of starvation, the two countries and an NGO said.

The six rhinos were transferred from South Africa in May, re-introducing the species into Chad for the first time since it died out in 1972, mostly owing to rampant poaching.

Chad reported that two of them had died last month.

"Low fat reserves suggest that maladaptation by the rhinos to their new environment is the likely underlying cause," said the two nations and conservation group African Parks, which oversaw moving the rhinos to Chad's Zakouma National Park.

"The remaining two animals are being recaptured and placed in holding facilities in order to facilitate closer management."

Two decades ago, poaching had driven black rhinos to near extinction across their vast habitat in southern, eastern and central Africa.

Their numbers fell by 98 percent between 1960 and 1998, but they have doubled since then to about 5,400 as conservation efforts grew.

None of the four that died in Zakouma had been poached. Tests were being run to establish the exact cause of death.

The relocation of the rhinos from South Africa was intended to help safeguard the long-term future of the species by spreading it out into more places.

However, a similar attempt to move black rhinos in Kenya also ended with animals dying.

Eleven rhinos were moved into Kenya's Tsavo East National Park from other parks in June, but 10 of them died, apparently from drinking salty water.

The 11th was attacked by a lion and died from his wounds.
Reuters
https://www.enca.com/news/four-rare-bla ... er-move-sa

[Lisbeth]

I doubt that they are doing enough scientific studies before doing these relocations. Chad is very far from South Africa and has probably a completely different flora

A first post telling about the relocation: https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 68#p423768

First ones to die: https://www.africawild-forum.com/viewto ... 12#p426612

[Peter Betts]

A Political experiment gone horribly wrong with the SA Govt YET AGAIN

[Alf]

They died possibly from starvation