Czech zoo sends rare Northern White rhinos to Kenya

Four rare Northern White rhinos have been flown from a Czech zoo to Kenya, in a desperate attempt to save the species from extinction. Animal experts hope the rhinos - two males and two females - will breed in their natural habitat in Africa.

Only eight Northern White rhinos are known to survive worldwide, all of them in captivity: six in the Czech Republic and two in the US. The last four living in the wild in Africa have not been seen since 2006.

On Sunday, the four rhinos from the Dvur Kralove Zoo in the Czech Republic were packed into crates and loaded onto a Boeing 747 bound for the Ol Pejeta reserve in central Kenya as part of the Last Chance to Survive project.

We plan to give the remaining individuals with breeding potential their last chance of normal and regular reproduction in a secure location in the wild, said zoo director Dana Holeckova.

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