Population status of black and white rhinos in Zambia

Zambia's black rhino population, once extinct due to poaching by 1993, has been successfully reintroduced through a conservation program initiated in 2003. As of now, there are 27 black rhinos with six births and no mortalities linked to poaching. The study also reports the introduction of white rhinos, with seven individuals established in Mosi oa Tunya National Park and another pair introduced in Lusaka National Park No. 20 in 2011. This reintroduction effort, supported by technical guidance from the Rhino Specialist Group and financial backing from the Frankfurt Zoological Society, aims to restore rhino populations in other national parks where they historically existed.

Chomba, C., & Matandiko, W. (2011). Population status of black and white rhinos in Zambia. Pachyderm, 50, 50–55. https://doi.org/10.69649/pachyderm.v50i.266