The relocation was carried out by ANAC, the Peace Parks Foundation and Exxaro Resources, with support from the South African authorities.
Mozambique’s Zinave National Park has received nine female white rhinos from South Africa in a major conservation operation aimed at restoring the species more than 40 years after its local extinction, the National Administration of Conservation Areas (ANAC) has reported.
The relocation was carried out by ANAC, the Peace Parks Foundation and Exxaro Resources, with support from the South African authorities.
The restoration of the ecological system of the park started in 2022, “with the reintroduction of the first rhinos,” park administrator Antonio Abacar said.
Abacar noted the transfer strengthens efforts to restore biodiversity and further reinforces Zinave’s position as Mozambique’s only national park home to the Big Five – the lion, elephant, buffalo, leopard, and rhinoceros.
