AIR Charter Service (ACS) has assisted in what is understood to be the world's largest rhinoceros relocation conservation project, writes London's Air Cargo News.
Last month, in conjunction with a major South African conservation and relocation company, acs helped in the transportation of 39 white rhinoceroses from Namibia to Dallas, US, for three specific breeding programmes to aid the conservation of the unique genetics of the country's species.
The rhinos were transported on a Boeing 747 freighter from Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), with a stop at Amilcar Cabral International Airport (SID) for fuel.
Lyndee du Toit, chief executive of ACS Africa, commented: 'The purpose of this project is to responsibly and ethically conserve the endangered white rhino population and preserve the Namibian rhinos' unique genetics against poaching. It is the largest translocation of rhino ever undertaken and required many months of careful planning, working in close collaboration with the conservation and relocation company and the airline.
'Over the past few years we have been involved in several flights transporting these magnificent creatures, so are well-versed in what is required from our side. In 2021 we arranged a charter to move thirty rhinos from a South African reserve to their new home in Rwanda, in what was then the largest single translocation project. This latest flight, with thirty-nine, becomes the most rhinos ever to have flown on one aircraft.
'The rhinos have all now been released from their quarantine bomas and are doing well in their new environments.'
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Last month, in conjunction with a major South African conservation and relocation company, acs helped in the transportation of 39 white rhinoceroses from Namibia to Dallas, US, for three specific breeding programmes to aid the conservation of the unique genetics of the country's species.
The rhinos were transported on a Boeing 747 freighter from Hosea Kutako International Airport (WDH) to Dallas Fort Worth International Airport (DFW), with a stop at Amilcar Cabral International Airport (SID) for fuel.
Lyndee du Toit, chief executive of ACS Africa, commented: 'The purpose of this project is to responsibly and ethically conserve the endangered white rhino population and preserve the Namibian rhinos' unique genetics against poaching. It is the largest translocation of rhino ever undertaken and required many months of careful planning, working in close collaboration with the conservation and relocation company and the airline.
'Over the past few years we have been involved in several flights transporting these magnificent creatures, so are well-versed in what is required from our side. In 2021 we arranged a charter to move thirty rhinos from a South African reserve to their new home in Rwanda, in what was then the largest single translocation project. This latest flight, with thirty-nine, becomes the most rhinos ever to have flown on one aircraft.
'The rhinos have all now been released from their quarantine bomas and are doing well in their new environments.'
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