Guards follow black rhinos to deter poaching. /CFP
Zimbabwe is re-introducing rhinos to its second biggest wildlife park Gonarezhou in the south of the country, the first time that the sanctuary will be home to the species in 30 years, the parks authority said on Thursday, May 13.
Gonarezhou, which means "home of the elephant" in the Shona language, is part of the Great Limpopo Transfrontier Park with South Africa's Kruger National Park and Mozambique's Limpopo National Park.
Tinashe Farawo, spokesman for the Zimbabwe Parks and Wildlife Management Authority, said black and white rhino would be introduced in Gonarezhou soon.
A ranger feeds a black rhino calf. /CFP
Zimbabwe now has about 1,000 rhinos after poaching decimated its numbers three decades ago, Farawo said.
President Emmerson Mnangagwa wrote on Twitter that the re-introduction of rhinos in Gonarezhou was "truly a momentous conservation achievement."
The rhinos are targeted by poachers for their horns. Zimbabwe has the fourth-largest rhino population after South Africa, Namibia and Kenya.
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