White rhinos return to Congo national park

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1 年前

STORY: Congo’s Garamba National Park

welcomed the return of white rhinos

nearly 16 years after the last

one was poached in the area

Location: Doko, Democratic Republic of Congo

Sixteen rhinos were relocated from South

Africa’s Phinda Private Game reserve

(Kester Vickery, Wildlife relocation specialist)

"We are super excited that there will be a new range state with rhino populations and we hope that this is going to be brilliant for rhinos themselves and that in ten, 20 years from now there will be a thriving population of white rhinos in Garamba in DRC. Not only for the benefit of the park and the ecosystem there but certainly for the people of DRC."

Experts say the rhinos will help restore ecological

balance in one of Africa’s oldest national parks