Black rhino to return to Chad after S Africa deal

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa and Chad on Sunday signed an agreement that will see the re-introduction next year of critically endangered black rhino to the central African country, decades after it was last seen there, reports AFP.

Environment ministers from the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding "which will allow for the translocation of six black rhino from South Africa to Chad," said a government statement.

The last time a rhino was spotted in Chad was in 1972, according to official documents Chad submitted to South Africa.

The animals should be airlifted to Chad's Zakouma National Park "sometime next year. We are looking at around March, April or May" environmental affairs ministry spokesman Albi Modise told AFP.

 

Black rhino to return to Chad after S Africa deal

JOHANNESBURG: South Africa and Chad on Sunday signed an agreement that will see the re-introduction next year of critically endangered black rhino to the central African country, decades after it was last seen there, reports AFP. Environment ministers from the two countries signed a memorandum of understanding which will allow for the translocation of six black rhino from South Africa to Chad, said a government statement. The last time a rhino was spotted in Chad was in 1972, according to official documents Chad submitted to South Africa. The animals should be airlifted to Chads Zakouma National Park sometime next year. We are looking at around March, April or May environmental affairs ministry spokesman Albi Modise told AFP.