to increase the number of the species. luxmy gopal has been following herjourney. chanua has been training for this moment for weeks. her keepers in yorkshire have worked on coaxing the eight year old black rhino to step into the crate. and now, for the final time, the barrier comes down and she s safely stowed, ready to start herjourney to africa. getting a crate holding a one tonne rhino onto a lorry is no mean feat. but this precious cargo is worth the effort. chanua s new life in east africa is part of a vital conservation mission to help revive the black rhino population, a critically endangered species. she s travelling from her home in malton, down to hythe in kent, where she ll spend time with two other captive females before they re all transported by air to tanzania, tojoin a new herd of rhinos
two weeks down, and if the remarkable recovery of this young lad is anything to go by, a few stairs won t be getting in his way. tomos morgan, bbc news. hundreds of climbers are poised to return to mount everest for the first time next month since the pandemic shut down nepal s mountaineering sector for a year. climbers must quarantine for seven days and present a negative covid test result before setting off. a tourism department official said she expected more than 300 to make an attempt on the peak slightly down on the spring season two years ago. an eight year old black rhino has completed the first leg of her 4,000 milejourney from north yorkshire to tanzania. chanua left her home at flamingo land to travel to africa as part of a plan to increase the number of the species. luxmy gopal has been following herjourney. chanua has been training for this moment for weeks. her keepers in yorkshire have worked on coaxing the eight year old
are raised, they are dealt with. it says it accepts it has more work to do, but remains committed to eradicating unacceptable behaviour from the workplace. jim reed, bbc news. a black rhino has begun a 4,000 mile trip from a zoo in north yorkshire to live in the wild in her ancestral home in tanzania, in east africa. chanua, who s eight, has been living at the flamingo land zoo as part of a conservation project. there are only 5,000 black rhinos in the world and it s hoped chanua could increase their numbers. luxmy gopal has more. it s moving day for chanua, this eight year old black rhino has been a familiar face at flamingo land for years, but her time at the zoo has come to an end. today, she begins the first leg of a journey that stretches more than 4,000 miles, from north yorkshire to her new home in tanzania. we ve been concentrating
and in order to do so, we need to slide some bars behind her. so in order to do that, we are going to introduce a poking stick. so while chanua is in the crate, we will be using a long pole that we have and we will be putting it through the holes of the crate and we will be touching herjust on the burn, just gently with it and rewarding her by saying good girl . giving her treats as well, just to reward herfor that behaviour, just so that she knows that it s so nice and calm, she doesn t need to freak out if any of the bars touch her. chanua has an extraordinary responsibility, which she s been specially selected for. she could be a vital part of the work to help revive the black rhino population, a species that s been poached for many years, to the point that it s now critically endangered. as it stands at the moment, there are only about 5,000 black rhinos left in the world. so obviously she s part of a really important breeding program. we re part of a little project which is inten
to the point that it s now critically endangered. as it stands at the moment, there are only about 5,000 black rhinos left in the world. so obviously she s part of a really important breeding program. we re part of a little project which is intended to put this several black rhinos back out into tanzania, which is sort of adjacent to flamingo land s conservation project out in tanzania itself. it s hard to say goodbye to a rhino that s loved by visitors and staff alike. but the time has come for chanua to start a new life and bring renewed hope for the world s black rhino population. luxmy gopal, bbc news. now it s time for a look at the weather with susan powell. hello. some very strong winds on the way for the uk in the next few days, but potentially a peak overnight tonight, with gales around western coasts and across the hills. some very stormy seas too. what we are seeing at the moment