Ten black rhino have been successfully translocated from Ndumu Game Reserve to the Kruger National Park in a joint operation between the KwaZulu Bureau of Natural Resources, the National Parks Board and the Rhino and Elephant Foundation. The operation lasted nine days with the capture team working in some of the thickest vegetation in the reserve. `The ten rhino we have given to the National Parks Board represent the natural increment of the black rhino population in Ndumu Game Reserve', said Nick Steele, Director of the Kwazulu Bureau of Natural Resources. `The animals are part of a breeding-loan system. We wil, in due course, get back the natural increment of these rhino which will be five animals. They will be put into one of our new reserves which we are developing in central KwaZulu.' In total, five bulls and five cows were given to the National Parks Board. Three of the rhino were calves aged between 18 months and three years. There are still 32 black rhino in Ndumu Game Reserve.
Ten black rhino have been successfully translocated from Ndumu Game Reserve to the Kruger National Park in a joint operation between the KwaZulu Bureau of Natural Resources, the National Parks Board and the Rhino and Elephant Foundation. The operation lasted nine days with the capture team working in some of the thickest vegetation in the reserve. In total, five bulls and five cows were given to the National Parks Board. Three of the rhino were calves aged between 18 months and three years. The ten new residents of the Kruger National Park were all released at the same spot at Tshokwane, 30 kilometres north-east of Skukuza.
