Kenyan conservationists attempt largest rhino translocation in history

A member of a capture team pulls a sedated rhino from the water during a translocation operation in Nairobi National Park on Tuesday. Photo: LUIS TATO /AFP

Conservationists in Kenya have launched the country's largest rhino translocation operation, moving 21 of the critically endangered animals to new homes.

Members of the Kenya Wildlife Service's capture team will relocate the rhinos to the Loisaba Game Reserve to control population numbers and poaching in other overcrowded parks across the country.

Previous African country's relocation attempt ends in disaster in 2018, when all 11 animals died.

Ten rhinos died from stress, dehydration and starvation-related diseases shortly after arriving at the reserve, and one was attacked by a lion.