Controversy over transfer of rare rhinos to Kenya

Controversy has broken out over a plan to transport four rare northern white rhinoceroses from a zoo in Dvur Kralové in east Bohemia to Kenya. The move is aimed at help preserving the species. However, a civic group called Safari Archa 2007 is challenging the transfer, which they describe as nonsensical, and has announced a protest for December 16, three days before the rhinos are set to leave for the East African state. Meanwhile, the zoo is still waiting for a permit from the Czech Ministry of the Environment, without which the animals will not be allowed to travel.