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Photo credit: File| Nation Media Group "We are doing the ear notching and putting electronic tracking devices on the ears of the black rhinos here in Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary," Mijele said.
Dr Dominic Mijele, a veterinary officer at the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary in Tsavo West National Park, said the exercise is becoming increasingly important as Kenya's black rhino population grows and conservation areas come under pressure.
Building on past operations The current phase, running from August 12 for two weeks, continues a November-December 2025 exercise that ear-notched and tagged 92 black rhinos at Ngulia, raising the sanctuary's proportion of notched rhinos to about 80 per cent.
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