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Posted On: October 13th 2026, 07:37 am
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Finding a (grey) needle in a 45,000ha haystack. Post-release monitoring is vital to a successful black rhino translocation. A huge thank you to Hector Medina (@rdlodeizen) for the drone support in Botswana, helping the team find our grey needles after release.
The team found it most efficient to get a bearing through the rhino's VHF tracking device and send the drone along the bearing. @wildlife_act 's @anel0_wildlife was extremely accurate with her bearings often no more than 2 to 5 degrees off the actual line to the rhino.
1) Thermal and real-time image of a rhino
2) Hector Medina and his trusty DJ Mavic at work
3) Rhino monitors checking drone images
4) It's not all serious all the time!
📸 Hector Medina & Ursina Rusch/@wwfsouthafrica
#blackrhino #rhino #monitoring #wildlife #botswana
The team found it most efficient to get a bearing through the rhino's VHF tracking device and send the drone along the bearing. @wildlife_act 's @anel0_wildlife was extremely accurate with her bearings often no more than 2 to 5 degrees off the actual line to the rhino.
1) Thermal and real-time image of a rhino
2) Hector Medina and his trusty DJ Mavic at work
3) Rhino monitors checking drone images
4) It's not all serious all the time!
📸 Hector Medina & Ursina Rusch/@wwfsouthafrica
#blackrhino #rhino #monitoring #wildlife #botswana
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