They look quite domestic, so I was curious.
There was a big action in 2009 of reintroduction of white rhinos from ZOO in the Czech republic back to Kenya reservation Ol Pejeta. It is a rare subspecies - northern. Only last 4 of them known to live all over the world and all from Zoo Dvůr Králové, Czech republic http://www.zoodvurkralove.cz/en/.
Now they are guarded behind fence. Hopefully they survive and reproduce. Problem is that many guns are needed to protect them and reproduction is problematic.
Long live the rhinos!
Thank you so much for the info. You're right. Breeding with rhinos are difficult. Only one calf is born to a female in five years. Gestation is 18 months and then it takes 2-3 years before the females mates again. I didn't know Zoo Dvůr Králové, Czech republic was doing so well with breeding the rhinos. I'm their new best fan!
It's sad that rhinos have to be guarded in small camps by guards with guns. It seems that the poachers will stop at nothing to get to the horns.
The bloody problem is the the horns are more valuable than gold.
The horns are good for nothing any normal thinking man must now, but the buyers are obviously another category.
I like the idea of cheating the market with artificial genetically identical horns.
Hello @valtr. They were taken in Swaziland.
They look quite domestic, so I was curious.
There was a big action in 2009 of reintroduction of white rhinos from ZOO in the Czech republic back to Kenya reservation Ol Pejeta. It is a rare subspecies - northern. Only last 4 of them known to live all over the world and all from Zoo Dvůr Králové, Czech republic http://www.zoodvurkralove.cz/en/.
Now they are guarded behind fence. Hopefully they survive and reproduce. Problem is that many guns are needed to protect them and reproduction is problematic.
Long live the rhinos!
Thank you so much for the info. You're right. Breeding with rhinos are difficult. Only one calf is born to a female in five years. Gestation is 18 months and then it takes 2-3 years before the females mates again. I didn't know Zoo Dvůr Králové, Czech republic was doing so well with breeding the rhinos. I'm their new best fan!
It's sad that rhinos have to be guarded in small camps by guards with guns. It seems that the poachers will stop at nothing to get to the horns.
The bloody problem is the the horns are more valuable than gold.
The horns are good for nothing any normal thinking man must now, but the buyers are obviously another category.
I like the idea of cheating the market with artificial genetically identical horns.