A group of black rhinos is getting anew home. Their new home is a reserve in South Africa. The reason they got the new home was to protect specie. But to make this happen animal charities made 20 people take down their fences so that the rhinos could roam free and to have calves. Also to make sure that they're not going to be attacked by poachers so they're going to be monitored.
People are trying to make sure that the rhinos` population increase. 3 reasons that rhinos are endangered are because of drought, flood, and disease.Another reason is poaching. In the 1970s-1980s poaching nearly wiped them out. At a time 2500 were still alive which meant 96% of the population was dead.
This is the second group of rhinos that was sent to a reserve. The first was sent out in 2004and is doing okay. We hope this one will do the same.
Do you know other animals that have been sent to a reserve? 
What a great post! Pete’s Pond is a new project that National Geographic has embarked on, that is incredibly cool. A private game reserve was established nearly 20 years ago, to help save certain populations of African wildlife from poachers. There was no river, so through massive irrigation, the owner created an alternate source of water: Pete’s Pond. They have a live camera feed at the watering hole so you can see some incredible pictures. Here's the link:
http://www9.nationalgeographic.com/ngm/wildcamafrica/wildcam.html
I hope you can see some of the wonderful pictures of the animals there. Tell me all about it!
Mrs. Davis
Posted by: Anne Davis | December 07, 2005 at 04:40 PM