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Saving the Rhinos: African Parks Rescues World’s Largest Rhino Farm from Auction

by Alexandra Hartman Editor-in-Chief

2023-09-17 07:10:56

Rhinoceroses, whose horns are highly coveted, are still widely threatened by poaching. In 2009, South African millionaire John Hume founded one of the world’s largest rhino farms to protect them. However, the colossal expenses pushed its owner to put the reserve up for auction in April. After long months without finding buyers for these 7,800 hectares of land where 2,000 white rhinos live (i.e. 15% of the global population of the species), the NGO African Parks finally came to the rescue by buying this place of life protected.

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