Lapalala Wilderness supports the African Parks Rhino Rewild Project! Rhino Rewild, an African Parks initiative, is a 10-year plan to rescue and rewild 2,000 southern white rhino into the wild habitats they require. In September 2023, African Parks purchased the world’s largest rhino captive breeding operation in South Africa, in a bid to rescue these rhino, and to rewild them to safe and well-managed protected areas across Africa. Visit: www.rhinorewild.org for more information. Lapalala Wildern

🚨 BREAKING NEWS: Poaching of African rhinos down - but drought and other threats drive losses globally 🦏 The poaching rate of African Rhino species dropped to its lowest level since 2011 (2.15%), according to a new report by IUCN and TRAFFIC Despite lower poaching rates in Africa, recorded population growth was low, due to delayed impacts of past droughts, inaccuracies in previous surveys, and ongoing policy management challenges. There was also a slight increase in Asian rhinos thanks to targ

Today’s rhino sedation #answer : Horn Trim 🦏🦄👨🏻‍⚕️ Last July my buddies @the_conservation_vet & @ben10_muller invited me to help trim rhino in the greater Kruger area, #SouthAfrica . Rhino must be sedated for this. Horn trimming doesn't hurt and rhino do fine in the wild without their horns, fyi. We trim as a protective measure to help curtail illegal rhino poaching. Rhino horn is the most valuable commodity on the black market and demand for horn in China/Vietnam/SE Asia is huge. These horn