LOISABA CONSERVANCY, Kenya (AP) — Conservationists in Kenya are celebrating as rhinos were returned to a grassy plateau that hasn't seen them in decades.
The rhinos were taken from three parks that are becoming overcrowded to the private Loisaba Conservancy, where herds were wiped out by poaching decades ago.
Kenya now has around 1,000 black rhinos, the third biggest population behind South Africa and Namibia.
There are just over 6,400 wild black rhinos left in the world, all of them in Africa, according to the Save the Rhino organization.
Tom Silvester, the CEO of Loisaba Conservancy, said Kenya's plan is to get its black rhino numbers to 2,000 over the next decade.
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