are there rhino in botswana?
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Botswana has a total rhino population of approximately 502 (452 white rhinos and 50 black rhinos). Despite the country's proximity to South Africa, the country with the highest poaching numbers, low levels of poaching in Botswana enabled it to be a 'safe space'.
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Despite being 1000 m above sea level, Botswana does not have any major mountain ranges. It does however have a striking hilly landscape. The only significant mountain ranges are the Otso Mountains and the Tsodilo Hills, which reach heights of over 1000 m.
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Botswana Wildlife Conservation. The bite of the Tsetse Fly is one of the most painful experiences in Africa and often comes with the territory, but in Botswana the fly has been almost eradicated from the wilderness areas.
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The three black rhino cows, aged between five and a half and three years, have been resident in a 400-hectare camp in the Addo Elephant National Park. ... Addo Elephant National Park is home to South Africa's largest population of the bicornis subspecies rhino.
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Although conservation efforts have shown promise, poaching, habitat loss and other factors have endangered many species of rhinoceros. For instance, fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos remain and no more than 67 Javan rhinos exist, meaning they could all be gone by 2050.
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Botswana is currently home to more elephants than any other African country, and southern Africa remains a stronghold for 293,000, or 70%, of the estimated remaining African elephants.
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While there's no exact number, experts believe that only 27,000 to 30,000 rhinos are still alive today. “Two species are African: the black rhino, with 5,500 animals left, and the white rhino, with [around] 18,000 animals left,” says Emma Pereira, Communications Manager at Save the Rhino International.
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These disputes were overridden by the dissolution of the homelands in 1994. At that time, in addition to the estimated 800,000 Ndebele people in South Africa, nearly 1.7 million Ndebele lived in Zimbabwe (Matabele), where they constituted about one-sixth of the population, and another 300,000 lived in Botswana.
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["Grevy's Zebra.", 'The Black Rhino.', 'Lesser Kudu.', "Thomson's Gazelle.", "Hirola/Hunter's Antelope."]
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['Javan Rhino.', 'Mahakam Dolphin.', 'Sumatran Rhino.', 'Javan Blue-banded Kingfisher.', 'Sulawesi Forest Turtle.', 'Bawean Deer.', 'Sumatran Tiger.', 'Tapanuli Orangutan.']
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Native to the Kalahari Desert, the African oryx, or gemsbok (Oryx gazella), is a large antelope that now lives in southern New Mexico. ... The African Barbary sheep was introduced on land near Picacho, New Mexico. It too is now well established and has expanded its range.
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Most wild African rhinos are now found in just four countries: South Africa, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Kenya. We work to protect a number of their natural habitats including Mau-Mara-Serengeti and coastal Tanzania. They mainly roam grassland and open savannah.
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South Africa has world's largest Rhino population. The African rhino is divided into two species, the black rhino and the white rhino.
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Visas. British nationals do not normally need a visa to enter Botswana for stays of up to 90 days.
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Three species of rhino—black, Javan, and Sumatran—are critically endangered. ... But the western black rhino and northern white rhinos have recently become extinct in the wild. The only two remaining northern white rhino are kept under 24-hour guard in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.
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Field studies by Dr. Flip Stander have shown that the lions of the Namib, which live mostly at the northern edge of the desert, can survive in extreme conditions, feeding on gemsbok, ostriches, and seals captured along the Skeleton Coast. They breed rapidly and quickly spread into new, suitable, habitats.