Samenvatting

The white rhino is a keystone species and an ecosystem engineer. Though there have been conservation efforts to protect this species, the current red list status of the white rhino is 'Nearly threatened'. The biggest threat that rhinos are facing nowadays is poaching for theirhorns. The rhino population in the South Africa National parks are declining, mostly due to the aforementioned poaching. In contrast, the populations of white rhinos on private land have been growing in the last couple of years. However, it is getting harder for private owners to keep rhinos due to high security costs and threats to the owner’s safety. Also, the South-African government may be enacting a law that will no longer allow the keeping ofrhinos in an intensive-managed system.