Sentences with phrase «white rhino population»

This big - five game park is not only the oldest proclaimed nature reserve in Africa, it is also a sanctuary for threatened white rhinos; said to have the largest white rhino population in the world.

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.

The home of Operation Rhino, Hluhluwe Imfolozi is renowned for its black and white rhino populations.

Years of widespread poaching and civil war in their home range have devastated northern white rhino populations, and they are now considered to be extinct in the wild.

Not exact matches

Sought after for their horns, white rhinos saw their population fall to 100 animals in South Africa by 1910, and only 2,410 black rhinos remained there in 1995.

And if demand were to keep going up, areas that hold white rhinos could be expanded to grow the population.

It's founding purpose was to save a population of southern white rhinos from extinction.

Africa's oldest natural park, this is a country hewn with hills and wide, deep valleys — home to the largest population of white rhino in the world.

Buoyed by the antipoaching efforts of the Botswana government and local conservation groups, the philanthropic arm of the (impeccably renovated) Sanctuary Chief's Camp has helped reintroduce populations of both black and white rhinos to the Okavango Delta.

Notably, it also boasts the world's largest population of white rhino.