John Hume, the well-known rhino breeder, has announced plans to rewild approximately 100 southern white rhinos to conservation areas in Southern Africa annually.
Hume, the world’s largest individual owner and breeder of rhinos, is known for his passion for these animals and is a strong proponent of legalising regulated trade in rhino horn. Hume’s proposal seeks to address the ever-increasing pressure on wild rhino populations, and his rhino cows have produced over 1 800 calves over the last 30 years.
In February 2022, the Department of Forestry, Fisheries and the Environment released poaching figures for 2021. SANParks lost 209 rhinos to poaching in 2021, while 124 rhinos were poached from private reserves in the same period. The problem has clearly not gone away, but the media attention seems to have…
