Second site for Black Rhino Project

THE Board of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife recently approved Zululand Rhino Reserve as the second site of the WWF/Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Black Rhino Range Expansion Project. The first site to host the expansion project was Mun-ya-Wana Game Reserve. The Zululand Reserve consists of 12 adjoining properties which have dropped their internal fences in order to accommodate the black rhino population. A founder population of between 17 and 20 black rhino from KZN Wildlife reserves will be released on the land later this year. The aim of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project is to increase numbers of black rhino by increasing the land available for their conservation. Black rhino used to be the most numerous rhino species in the world, but have become endangered following a poaching wave in the 70s and 80s. (Dorine Berger)