Groups of the 2,000 rhinos will be relocated into protected areas across Africa.
It’s a massive task which will have to be done in stages, moving hundreds of animals each year.
Fifteen cheetahs 12 from South Africa and three from Namibia are about to embark on a 9,000km journey to India, where the government hopes to restore that country’s extinct population of the charismatic species.
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