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4 Northern White Rhinos Arrive Safely in Kenya from Czech Zoo!

Ceratotherium simum cottoni profile for article about Northern white rhino arrival at Ol Pejeta Conservancy, Kenya.

Four of the world’s only known eight Northern white rhinos have arrived in Kenya to begin new lives at Ol Pejeta Conservancy - the last hope to save this critically endangered rhino subspecies.

Good news - and a sigh of relief! Sudan, Suni, Najin and Fatu have landed safely in Kenya after being flown from ZOO Dvůr Králové to their new home. The return of the rhinos to Africa is considered the last chance at preserving the genetic material of the Northern white rhino (Ceratotherium simum cottoni), a rhino subspecies poached to extinction in the wild.

White Rhino Mtubatuba and Mzuki Have Arrived!

White Rhino nuzzling

Woburn Safari Park has received two female Southern white rhino from South Africa as part of a plan to create a self-sustaining white rhino population in Europe.

After a three-and-a-half day journey from Johannesburg to Bedfordshire, Mtubatuba and Mzuki are settling into their new home at Woburn Safari Park. Once the ladies complete a 30-day quarantine process, they will be gradually introduced to Woburn’s current crash of four white rhino, along with a young male rhino from another UK facility.

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