“We urgently need your help to send three black rhinos from Kent to Tanzania to live wild and free.”

Amos Courage - Overseas Project Director

The Aspinall Foundation is working with Port Lympne Reserve to return three UK-born black rhinos to the lands of their ancestors in the near future. A donation of just £26 could get us one mile closer to our goal.

Kisima, Chanua and Mizi have more than 4,600 miles to travel to reach Tanzania, where they will live wild and free.

They have a long way to travel, but together we can get these rhinos home!

WHERE ARE THEY GOING

Kisima, Chanua and Mizi will be moving to Tanzania’s Grumeti Game Reserve, where we have already successfully rewilded eight black rhino.

The exceptional Grumeti team utilise Ranger patrols, camera traps and aerial surveillance, among other techniques, to monitor and protect the animals on the Reserve.

The rhinos we have previously rewilded have thrived in this environment and have had over 25 calves in the wild so far, with over 60 descendants!

WHY ARE THEY GOING

• At Grumeti Reserve, Kisima, Chanua and Mizi will have access to a vast area, to live as their ancestors once did.
• They will enjoy a totally natural diet.
• They will have the opportunity to breed and produce wild-born offspring with partners of their choosing.
• Most importantly, they will live their lives on their own terms, as nature intended.

RETURNING RHINOS TO THE WILD

Step 1: Kent to London

On the day of transfer, Kisima, Chanua and Mizi will be loaded into individual transit crates, which, when occupied, will weigh approximately 3 tons each. They will travel overland to a London airport to board their flight to Tanzania.

Throughout the journey, they will be accompanied by one of our keepers and a vet, for monitoring and the reassurance provided by contact with a familiar caregiver. Vegetables chosen for their high water content, including celery and spinach, will be provided as in-flight snacks.

Step 2: Overland in Tanzania

After the girls and their keepers land, they will take a short overland journey and internal flight directly to the safe haven of Grumeti Reserve.

Step 3: Settling in

Once they arrive at Grumeti, the rhinos will be given time to adjust to their new surroundings in a specially constructed boma. In addition to weather conditions, the rhinos will need to adapt to wild food. To ensure a gradual transition, when they leave the UK, they will be accompanied by at least one month’s supply of food consisting of specially designed pellets and a high-grade hay called Lucerne.

Step 4: The Wild

Once they have fully adjusted and can self-feed, the three females will be given access to the main reserve where they will live in the wild. We have successfully rewilded eight rhinos in Grumeti and we are very confident that Kisima, Chanua and Mizi will thrive in this protected rhino paradise and will quickly catch the eye of the local males!

Please help three black rhinos Kisima, Chanua and Mizi to their ancestral home in Tanzania. Today you can give them a chance to live wild and free.