black rhino, bush, wilderness, horn, ears, head

Rhinos making a welcome return…

Tanzania once had many black rhinos until rampant poaching during the 1960s and 1970s in the Serengeti, devastated the population. This was primarily driven by a desire for rhino horn, medicinally prized in parts of Asia. The Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) estimated only 133 black rhinos left by 2015. Then in…