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WWF On the Ground for Black Rhinos in Kwazulu Natal

The black rhino remains under threat.

Its horn is still in demand for traditional Chinese medicine (it is used as a fever reducer), although the demand for rhino horn for dagger handles in the Middle East may have eased.

Today, only about 3,600 black rhinos survive in the wild and all 4 subspecies are listed as Critically Endangered in the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List.
From left to right: Celiwe Shangase helps to erect a fence at the eMakhosini Ophathe Heritage Park: site 2 of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project;A Rhino Capture Officer gives a sedated rhino which has been transferred into a crate, an anti-sedation injection. KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africa

From left to right: Celiwe Shangase helps to erect a fence at the eMakhosini Ophathe Heritage Park: site 2 of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project;A Rhino Capture Officer gives a sedated rhino which has been transferred into a crate, an anti-sedation injection. KwaZulu-Natal Province, Republic of South Africao righ

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