Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) move a tranquilized black rhino during a translocation exercise at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)
LAIKIPIA, Kenya, May 27 (Xinhua) -- The Kenya Wildlife Service relocated two black rhinos to the Segera Conservancy in Laikipia in central Kenya on May 24, 2025. The operation is part of a plan to translocate a total of 21 endangered black rhinos, aiming to ease the wildlife population pressure in conservancies such as Ol Pejeta and Lewa, and to expand the habitat for black rhinos.
Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) release a relocated black rhino at Segera Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) examine a black rhino at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) prepare to release a relocated black rhino at Segera Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) release a relocated black rhino at Segera Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) move a tranquilized black rhino during a translocation exercise at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) move a tranquilized black rhino during a translocation exercise at Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) release a relocated black rhino at Segera Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service (KWS) release a relocated black rhino at Segera Conservancy in Laikipia, Kenya, on May 24, 2025. (Xinhua/Wang Guansen)■