2024

When African Parks, the non-profit organisation that takes on responsibility for the management of protected areas in partnership with governments and local communities throughout Africa became the official custodian of 2,000 southern white rhino (from the breeding programme Platinum Rhino) they were clear with their intention to re-wild them over a ten year period. In May 2024, the ambitious rewilding phase – named Rhino Rewild – was officially launched and this is where we came in to collaborate as part of the first move of this continent-wide effort.

As a member of Munywana Conservancy, Zuka Private Game Reserve played a pivotal role in this large-scale rhino conservation effort when African Parks called on our optimal habitat, our secure and well managed protected area, to relocate 40 of these animals here. Not only providing a safe haven for this intake, but bolstering our current population and genetic diversity enhances future rhino translocation opportunities too as a successful strategy in helping to mitigate risk to the future of this species.

This is an effective collaboration in the huge effort to address the critical decline of southern white rhino and by incorporating these rhinos into the conservancy, Munywana contributes to the re-establishment of stable populations in wild ecosystems, furthering our conservation mission and supporting biodiversity in the region .