Office (Tel/Fax):035 595 9979

Chairman:= 082 574 7808=

Secretary: 083 598 9080

P O Box 7= 4

Mkuze=

3965=

www.zulul= andrhinoreserve.co.za

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“ADOPT A BL= ACK RHINO” CONSERVATION PROJECT

The Zululand Rhino Reserve is an endangered species reserve and was chosen as the 2<= sup>nd release site for Black Rhino (See press release attached). And on the 13^th of Oc= tober 2005

21 Black Rhino were released into = their new home.

We have made our properties availa= ble for release of these endangered animals, and the reserve now plays an integral = role in the WWF Black Rhino Range Expansion project.

The challenge is that all 21 anima= ls need to be monitored daily and this is a very costly task.

We would like to invite you to, “Adopt a Black Rhino”= where each of the 21 Black Rhino can be “adopted” for a donation of j= ust R900 per month or R 9 999 per annum. Since there are only 21 of these very endange= red species this opportunity is an exclusive way of becoming intimately involve= d in their conservation.

The benefits to yourself will be

1.&n= bsp; Recognition for supporting an International conservation project

2.&n= bsp; A front page link for your business on our website, which is linked to the WWF website providing you with substantial international exposure

3.&n= bsp; You will receive two nights accommodation for two people at one of the exclusive lodges in the Zululand Rhino Reserve with all meals and game drives include= d. Valued at R 4000

4.&n= bsp; While staying in the reserve you and your partner will join the Black Rhino Monit= oring team on an exciting educational tour tracking your adopted Rhino.

5.&n= bsp; You will also receive a monthly report on the progress of the Rhino.

6.&n= bsp; A framed certificate acknowledging your contribution to this very worthwhile project.

7.&n= bsp; A framed photograph of the black rhino which you have adopted

We thank y= ou for your support in this worthy cause and look forward to working with you in preserving this endangered species for our grandchildren.=

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Yours fait= hfully

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CLIVE VIVIER

Chairman -= ZRR

If you are interested please contact:

Mr. Clive Vivier @ (+27) 082 574 7808

Miss. Karen Odendaa= l : karen@zululandrhinoreserve= .co.za

Mobile no: 082 746 8585

= Black Rhino Range Expansion Project &nbs= p; =

Second site chosen for Black Rhino Range Expansion Pro= ject

The Board of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife yesterday approved Zululand Rhino Reserve as= the second site of the WWF/ Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife Black Rhino Range Expansion P= roject. The 17 000 hectare area in northern KwaZulu-Natal consists of 12 adjoining properties which have dropped their internal fence= s in order to create a haven for a significant black rhino population. A founder population of between 17 and 20 black rhino from KZN Wildlife reserves will= be released on to the block later this year.

Clive Vivier, Chairman of the the Zululand Rhino Reserve and owner of Leopard<= /st1:PlaceName> Mountain which is one of the properties in the consortium, said this is the culminat= ion of more than five years of concerted work. “We started trying to put = the idea together of creating a single Zululand Rhino Reserve back in 1998. The Black Rhino Project has been the catalyst that finally welded it all togeth= er. If you look to the north or the south of us, pristine bush has been taken u= p by monoculture and cattle farming. Our wilderness is disappearing. It’s = so wrong. And what we’re doing with the help of the Project is so right.”

The aim of the Black Rhino Range Expansion Project is to increase numbers of black= rhino by increasing the land available for their conservation, thus reducing pres= sure on existing reserves and providing new territory in which they can breed up quickly. It does this by identifying large pieces of land with an ecologica= l carrying capacity of 50 or more black rhino on which a founder population can be released. To reach this, neighbouring landowners usually have to remove internal fences, thus consolidating smaller pie= ces of land into more ecologically viable blocks and benefiting many species besides black rhino.

“The succes= s of the first release of 15 black rhino in 2004 at Mun-ya-Wana Game Reserve has giv= en us real confidence in this innovative and bold approach,” says WWF’s project leader Dr Jacques Flamand. “Those animals have settled extremely well into their new home. There have be= en no losses through fights or accident and matings have been observed so we’re looking forward to the prospect of lots of calves. As the idea = of the project is to increase the growth rate of the overall black rhino population in KwaZulu-Natal, this is very promising.”

Ezemvelo KZN Wild= life has a world-class track record of successful rhino conservation and this Projec= t is a continuation of that history. “Our responsibility is to increase nu= mbers of black rhino and we recognise the value of partnerships with other sector= s to help us achieve this goal,” says Khulani Mkhize, CEO of Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife.

“We’re looking for strategic partnerships with landholders within the species̵= 7; historic range. They needn’t have been traditionally involved in conservation and we are currently in negotiations with community landholders whose land could become future project sites,” says Dr Flamand.<= /o:p>

Initially, the focus of the project is on finding suitable sites within KwaZulu-Natal, but once these have been saturated, the Project will look further afield.

Black rhino, which used to be the most numerous rhino species in the world, became critically endangered following a catastrophic poaching wave in the 1970s a= nd 1980s which wiped out 96% of Africa̵= 7;s wild black rhino population in just 20 years. At the lowest point, there we= re just 2500 black rhino left. Thanks to intensive protection efforts by organisations like Ezemvelo KZN Wildlife, that number has gradually increas= ed to around 3600. Security is one part of the solution. The other part is ensuring that black rhino numbers keep increasing. This project is a bold m= ove aimed at stimulating rapid population growth of the critically endangered species.

= Black Rhino Range Expansion Project <= /span>

Pam Sherriffs= 033 8451856 or 083 9531754

pshe= rriffs@wwf.org.za

Contact details

Zululand Rhino Reserve

Clive Vivier 082 = 574 7808

clive@leopardmountain.co.za=

PLEASE USE THE LINK BEL= OW TO DOWNLOAD AN APPLICATION FORM

ADOPT A BLACK RHINO :- Download application form