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Black rhinos live in Africa, particularly in Kenya, and Death of the group [14] Eight of the 14 black rhinos died after being moved to a reserve in southern Kenya, authorities said on Friday, which environmental activists have described as a "complete disaster". The information comes from The Guardian
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Preliminary investigations have shown that the cause of death of the black rhinoceros
It could be salt poisoning because the animals were trying to adapt to it. salt water from their "new home", according to the country's Ministry of Tourism and Wildlife. Due to the abnormal death rate, survivors are closely monitored.
The Calculus of the Organization " Save the Rhino
"Feel that there are less than 5,500 rhinos in the world, all of whom live in Africa, only in Kenya live 750. Now, with the rhinoceros loss this week, the lorry WildlifeDirect activist Paula Kahumbu "may be considered to have witnessed a complete disaster."
Specialists weigh the death of the black rhinoceros
The CEO of Save the Rhino,
Cathy Dean says that she and her colleagues around the world are shocked and deeply saddened by the news. In addition, he asked experts to investigate what happened and why something so wrong happened.
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Dean also pointed out that the number of animal deaths
is extremely high, being much larger than expected for a transfer. More animals died in this case than last year in Kenya.
"It is an absolute tragedy to lose eight animals in this way.The most important thing is that the government requires proper investigation and thorough investigation to find out what went wrong. Kenya Wildlife Service has to bring in external veterinarians and move specialists from other countries, such as Namibia, for example. "
The reallocation of endangered animals
, known as a translocation, involves falling asleep during the trip and then resuscitating them in a risk-taking process. But the loss of half of them is very unusual.
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Rhinos were transferred from Nairobi National Parks and Lake Nakuru to a new sanctuary established in Tsavo East National Park as part of an operation announced by Najib Balala, Kenyan Minister of Tourism, in collaboration with WWF Kenya.
In a statement, the ministry stated that "preliminary investigations suggest that black rhinoceros
died of salt poisoning while they were trying to adapt to the more salty water of their new home. He also confirmed that the survivors were being watched.
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