76 white rhinos relocated to Garamba National Park in the DRC
Seventy-six white rhinos will be relocated from South Africa to Garamba National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) over the next three years.
The project is led by Kibali, Africa’s largest gold mine owned by Barrick Gold Corporation, in partnership with the Congolese Institute for the Conservation of Nature and USAID. The move is part of a biodiversity initiative and the first 16 rhinos are expected to arrive in Garamba by the end of June this year.
‘The mine’s biodiversity support for the DRC’s Garamba National Park is being extended with the re-introduction of rhinos sourced in South Africa,’ said Mark Bristow, President and CEO of Barrick Gold Corporation, to News24.
Source: Getaway