Sentences with phrase «rhino population over»
The decline in the male white rhino population over time is attributed to the poaching crisis of the 1970s and 1980s that took place in various African countries.
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Three of the Big 5 graced us with their presence over the course of the next 2 days — lion, elephant and rhino (Welgevonden boasts one of the largest rhino populations of any private game reserve in South Africa)-- but my favourite sightings are always of the «less in demand» inhabitants of the reserve — a herd of Waterbuck making a hasty retreat and thereby showing off their target - like markings on their rears, Warthog scrounging and digging for roots, Klipspringers hopping from rock to rock, being introduced to a huge scorpion.
Aside from rhino the reserve has over 340 species of bird, a large and healthy elephant population, cheetah, hippo, hyena, jackal, giraffe and wild dog.
Since IAPF took over security operations in Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe, not one rhino has been poached and the population of critically endangered black rhino has increased by 133 % since 2010.