Note
Location
Kenya
Subject
Distribution
Species
Black Rhino (bicornis)
Rhino Release program in Tsavo East started in 1993. The rangers use radio collars to monitor the movements of the rhino and when the transmitters run out, they track them on foot. Maria, with her unusual tolerance of people, had chosen the immediate vicinity of the release program's base camp as her home range. The rangers refer to her as `Mother of the Camp.' Two months later seen again. Maria had joined up with two other hino, Ruto and 284. 284 was a huge rhino known to have a bad temper and a tendency to charge.
