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Martin, E.B., 1993. Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illegal trade in the horn. Pachyderm 17: 39-51, figs. 1-5, tables 1-5
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia |
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Distribution - Status |
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Black Rhino |
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Table 1. estimated number of black rhino in Namibia 1980-1991
North-west Etosha Waterberg Other Total
1980 100 275 0 c.375
1980 100 350 0 450
1982 66 0
1983 65 0
1984 66-76 >300 0 400
1985 440 0
1986 90-108 350 0 440-458
1986 90-95 340 0 430-435
1991 109 400-450 23 5 537-587
Note: Most wildlife officials who have worked with rhinos in Namibia, many of whom read this paper in draft font believe that there were approximately 275 black rhinos In Etosha National Park in 1980. However, one person, Garth Owen-Smith, who carried out extensive field work on rhinos in the 1980s and is definitely a leading authority on the subject, believes that there were at least an additional 75 black rhinos in Etosha at that time. This figure is based or a census carried out by Ian Hoffmeyr and Garth Owen-Smith between May and November 1980. The result of this census was a minimum of 350 black rhinos with about half occurring to the west of the power-lines crossing the Park (between Okaukuejo and Otiovassandu). However, senior officials of the Directorate of Nature Conservation later cast doubts on this figure. Whatever number is correct, the black rhino population in Namibia has been expanding at least from me middle 1980s until today.
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