Flying rhinos in South Africa. Or, at least 19 of them have flown for more than 10 minutes, anesthetized and suspended by his ankles from a helicopter. An operation as spectacular as effective to transport these animals, weighing between 800 and 1,400 kilos, an area inaccessible by road in the province of Eastern Cape, on the southern tip of South Africa, the Northern Limpopo, just across the tip of the country.
Following the aerial tour animals were placed on trucks and taken to their new home, an area established by the World Wildlife Fund in which the owners of farms and farmland agree to have rhinos.
The idea of airlifting hung by the legs of these animals sounds spectacular, but according to those responsible for the operation, is actually less harmful to the rhinos trucked infamous roads or put them in networks that are hanging from helicopters. The project has also received tremendous publicity thanks to the spectacular images and videos posted on the Internet by the South African media production firm defense of the environment Green Rennaisance.
South Africa has about 9,500 rhinos, ie about 80% of those who remain in Africa. Of these, about 7,000 are white rhinos, about twice as large as the black people who protragonistas of this 'air bridge'. So far this year 341 have been poached animals in both species in that country. That means that already surpassed the 2010 (333 animals).
Via:elmundo
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