MKOMAZI, TANZANIA - JUNE 19:
A five-month-old orphaned elephant called
'Tembo' being taken for a walk by his keeper at Tony Fitzjohn's Mkomazi
rhino sanctury on June 19, 2012 in Mkomazi, Tanzania.
The Aspinall
Foundation along with the Tusk Trust and the George Adamson Trust
combined forces to stage a rare translocation of three captive born
black rhino to Mkomazi National Park in Tanzania in order to rejuvenate
numbers of the black rhino in the area. The three animals, Grumeti,
Monduli and Zawadi were airlifted in a dedicated DHL Boeing 757 from
Manston Airport in Kent direct to Kilimanjaro Int Airport in Tanzania.
The rhino have been donated by Damian Aspinall, Chairman of The Aspinall
Foundation, from their breeding group at Port Lympne Wild Animal Park
in Kent. The reintroduction of endangered species to the wild to assist
breeding programmes is a major focus of The Aspinall Foundation. Prince
William as Patron of Tusk Trust and a dedicated campaigner against
poaching visited the rhinos at Port Lympne ahead of their translocation
and today released a speech via the BBC highlighting his dedication to
the fight against the illegal trade of ivory. (Photo by Chris
Jackson/Getty Images) (Chris Jackson/Getty Images)
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