Zakouma is once again home to black rhino ©Steve Winter Moving Rhino Back to Zakouma National Park In 2003, African Parks also reintroduced black rhino to Majete Wildlife Reserve in Malawi. Buffett Foundation, African Parks successfully translocated 18 black rhino to Akagera National Park in Rwanda, bringing the species back after a decade, and returning them to a secure park. In May of 2017, in collaboration with the Rwandan Development Board (RDB) and the Howard G. This is not the first time African Parks has undertaken the translocation of this endangered species. Once fairly common on the African continent, the onslaught of poaching on rhino populations across Africa has resulted in the drastic decline of black rhino, from approximately 65,000 to less than 5,000 remaining in the wild at the end of the 20th century – a drop of some 96% of the population. (A fourth subspecies, the western black rhino Diceros bicornis longipes was declared extinct in 2011.) The black rhino in turn is divided into three subspecies: southern black rhino ( Diceros bicornis minor), south-western black rhino ( Diceros bicornis bicornis) and the eastern black rhino ( Diceros bicornis michaeli). There are two types of African rhino – white and black rhino. The last time a wild rhino was seen in Chad was in the 1970s, decades of poaching having driven them to local extinction, so such a translocation represents an urgent and valuable opportunity to expand the range and protection of this iconic species. This is a hopeful story about the revival of a highly threatened species, as well as the trajectory of Zakouma – a park that was once ravaged by poaching and insecurity but has been transformed into a secure and flourishing park since 2010. In a historic move to aid in the long-term survival of this endangered species, in May 2018, six black rhino were reintroduced from South Africa to Zakouma National Park in Chad, bringing this animal back to the country for the first time in over four decades. The rare black rhino has returned to the nation of Chad, after decades of poaching had decimated their population.
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