African Parks' plans to reintroduce black rhinos into Akagera National Park, Rwanda have been given a £100 000 boost by the players of the People's Postcode Lottery in the United Kingdom. It is estimated that the initiative to reintroduce the species into the park after an absence of 10 years will cost more than £1million.
© PEOThe £100 000 funding for the rhino initiative was announced at the People's Postcode Lottery gala function in Edinburgh last night. The funding will go towards the sourcing, translocation and reintroduction of 10 black rhinos into Akagera National Park later this year.
African Parks was one of 57 beneficiaries that also received additional, unspecified funding of £25 000 at the gala event.