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20 meters from 20% of Zambia's white rhino population, Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park, Zambia

Zambia once had a healthy population of white rhinos, but by 2010, there was only one still alive. Poaching had decimated local populations. If action wasn’t taken, rhinos were likely to disappear entirely from the region. With Zambia’s rhinos near extinction, African Wildlife Foundation partnered with Zambia Wildlife Authority to settle four white rhinos from South Africa to Mosi-oa-Tunya National Park. Since the relocation, there have been four births in the park, one is the young rhino you see in the photo.

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Uploaded on August 22, 2015
Taken on August 16, 2015