The black rhino of Addo are a particularly important population of the East African subspecies Diceros bicornis michaeli. When the founders of this small population were translocated from the Kiboko area in Kenya, adjoining the Tsavo National Park, there were over 5 000 michaelis in the area. Today Kiboko has no rhino and Tsavo has, perhaps, 15 animals - fewer than Addo. A long- term conservation objective for Addo's black rhino is to one day transfer Addo animals back to Tsavo to supplement the population from which they originally came.
End October 1991, the Rhino & Elephant foundation held a nationally televised `Pledge Day.' At the end of the campaign, the contributions of REF, the State and the SA Nature Foundation amounted to a fund of R1.65 million dedicated to buying land at Addo. By end of April 1991, land registered under 12 different title deeds belonging to 6 different owners and amounting to 2951 ha had been signed. There are now 21 black rhino in the park. The black rhino of Addo are a particularly important population of the East African subspecies Diceros bicornis michaeli. When the founders of this small population were translocated from the Kiboko area in Kenya, adjoining the Tsavo National Park, there were over 5 000 michaelis in the area. Today Kiboko has no rhino and Tsavo has, perhaps, 15 animals - fewer than Addo. A longterm conservation objective for Addo's black rhino is to one day transfer Addo animals back to Tsavo to supplement the population from which they originally came.
