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[PHOTOS] 15 black, two Southern white rhinos ear-notched in Ol Pejeta

Kenya has the third largest black and white Rhino population in the world.

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by Allan Kisia

News06 August 2024 - 15:00
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In Summary


  • The Black Rhino is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN).
  • According to the last count in December 2023, there were an estimated 1,004 Black Rhinos, with the government aiming to have 2,000 by 2037.
Kenya Wildlife Service Senior Assistant Director Veterinary and Capture service Isaac Lekolool led in the ear notching of 15 black rhinos and two southern white rhinos at Ol Pejeta Conservancy.

The Kenya Wildlife Service has ear-notched 15 black and two southern white Rhinos at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Nanyuki.

The exercise was led by KWS senior assistant director, Veterinary and Capture Service, Isaac Lekolool.

The Black Rhino is classified as Critically Endangered by the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) and listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna & Flora (CITES).

The classification and listing are based on the great challenges confronting the Rhino species.

Kenya has the third largest black and white Rhino population in the world, after South Africa and Namibia.

The black and white Rhino are the only two species found in Africa while three other species, the greater one–horned, the Sumatran and Javan rhino species are found in Asia.

Black Rhinos were on the brink of extinction in Kenya, with numbers down from around 20,000 in the 1970s to fewer than 300 in the mid-1980s.

According to the last count in December 2023, there were an estimated 1,004 Black Rhinos, with the government aiming to have 2,000 by 2037.

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