"Here is a rare wildlife success story. The world's black rhino population has plummeted to just over 6,000 as rhinos are pushed to the brink of extinction by habitat loss and poaching. But conservation efforts have resulted in a rhino comeback in Kenya, where numbers are growing in fenced-off sanctuaries known as conservancies that employ local people and keep poachers out. Tom Hardy provides a slightly distracting narration to this documentary, channelling David Attenborough with a dash of 19th-century aristo-explorer."
"Kenya's rhinos, however, are becoming victims of their own success. Increasing numbers in the conservancies are causing competition between males, who will fight to the death for territory. There is a horrible irony of rhinos protected from poachers killing each other, and a plan is hatched to move 21 rhinos 100 miles away to Loisaba Conservancy a high-risk strategy, we're told. A similar attempt ended in disaster with the death of all 11 rhinos being moved."
Global black rhino numbers have fallen to just over 6,000 due to habitat loss and poaching. Conservation in Kenya's fenced conservancies has produced population increases while employing local people and deterring poachers; no rhinos were poached in Kenya despite 1,900 across Africa in three years. Rangers such as Borana's head ranger Ramson Kiloku monitor individuals by footprints and ear nicks. Rising densities intensify male territorial fights, prompting a high-risk plan to relocate 21 rhinos 100 miles to Loisaba after a previous failed move that killed 11. Concurrent droughts, banditry, and increased poaching threaten local livelihoods and rhino security.
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