ion efforts
black rhino
bers
f Nature report that black rhino numbers
990s to the current level of 5,600.
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e reasons that the
for Conservation
uld recently report
mbers have risen
n the 1990s to the
n partnership with
life, Eastern Cape
gency and various
nity landowners. It
tions by moving
founders (of up to 25 black rhino at a
time) on to properties large enough
to maintain a significant population.
Often this involves neighbouring
properties removing internal fences
to create larger, unfettered reserves.
There are 13 BRREP-created populations
to date, on a total of more than
300,000 hectares of land.
“It’s great to see nearly two decades
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