Grasslands Bushman Lodge in the Central Kalahari, released two male White Rhinos (aged 5 and 7) into the reserve on 10 July. They have settled into their new environment extremely quickly and are grazing on the local vegetation, exploring the farm and establishing their new territories. Their diet will be supplemented with additional grass feed in the early stages to ensure they remain in optimal health. They are still quite shy however guests were recently thrilled to see one come to drink at the pan, right in front of the lodge.
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Wilderness Safaris has announce that one of the black rhinos translocated as part of the Botswana Rhino Reintroduction Project has given birth to a calf.
Just a few days old, the calf was sighted by Rhino Monitoring Officers during a patrol, and while the protective maternal instincts of the mother prevented them from getting close, the team reported that both appeared to be in excellent health. The Wilderness Botswana Rhino Project is a long-term collaboration between Wilderness Safaris and the Botswana Department of Wildlife and National Parks. It was started in 2001 with the reintroduction of White rhino from southern Botswana into protected areas in the north of the country. Subsequent reintroductions of White rhino over the next five years increased the population substantially with many calves born in the wild. In 2003, a small group of south-central Black rhino were introduced into the same area and a single calf was born in 2009. Then, in response to the poaching crisis in South Africa, the project took on a new impetus with several groups of Black rhino translocated from South Africa to Botswana during 2014. |
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