Great news:
Ozabeni covers 46000ha north of Lake St Lucia, west of the Maputoland Marine Reserve. The fencing of it has recently been completed and it is currently home to several species, including 59 blue wildebeest, 1850 plains zebra, 150 bush pigs and 50 impala. Last week a number of black and white rhino have been released, as part of the park's plan to reintroduce 28 rhino, 15 white and 13 black, this year. This is great news as the iSimangaliso Wetland Park now has more than 100 black rhino within its boundaries, and once these are all linked up and the animals can interbreed the park will have secured the highest status possible, a 'KEY 1 population' in terms of the IUCN African Rhino Specialist Group, which is a major achievement in rhino conservation.
To counter poaching the rhino have transmitters in their horn to allow easy tracking, and extra park rangers and anti-poaching units have been deployed in the area.
Well done to the iSimangaliso Wetland Park and KZN Wildlife!
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