In 2011, the western black rhino subspecies was declared extinct by the IUCN Red List, and other rhino subspecies are currently listed as critically endangered. In 2014, more than 1,215 rhinos were poached in South Africa , and those numbers keep going up, according to &Beyond.
Six rhinos were donated and translocated from &Beyond Phinda Private Game Reserve in north-eastern KwaZulu-Natal in South Africa to Botswana's Okavango Delta in 2013. The team making up Rhinos Without Borders have committed to moving 100 rhinos (black and white) from highly populated South African regions to Botswana, according to &Beyond. Botswana has low density rhino populations and tough anti-poaching laws.
For more information about the project, check out the PDF for "Rhinos Without Borders: A Project of Hope for the Rhinos of Southern Africa."
