NEW APPROACH
Southern white rhinos are widely known as a conservation success story. Their population grew from fewer than 100 individuals in the 1920s to 20 000 in 2012, mostly in South Africa.
This success was partially because of the inclusion of the private sector, which started in the 1960s when white rhinos were moved from their last remaining population in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park and placed in other state reserves as well as on private land.
In 1991, the Game Theft Act formalised conditions for private rhino ownership and use. Poaching pressure was low, and the demand for rhinos by ecotourists and trophy hunters
