(Posted 24th September 2026)
Courtesy of African Parks
This World Rhino Day marks three years since African Parks took responsibility for approximately 2,000 southern white rhino and began an ambitious ten-year effort to rewild them into secure, well-managed protected areas across Africa.
Since then, 745 rhino have been moved into 19 recipient areas across four countries. Across these populations, 89 calves have been born. There have also been losses along the way.
Rewilding at this scale is complex. It means establishing rhino in different landscapes and environments, managing disease and security risks, learning from both successes and losses, and adapting as new information emerges.
And none of it happens alone. Governments, protected areas and conservation organisations are taking on the long-term responsibility of receiving and managing these rhino, working alongside African Parks to build resilient populations for the future.
Three years into Rhino Rewild, we are sharing what this work is teaching us about what it takes to move from rescue to rewilding at scale across Africa.
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