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Skafte, H., 1961. A contribution to the preservation of the Sumatran rhinoceros. Acta Tropica 18: 168-176, figs. 1-6
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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The native poachers used a sling of steelwire which automatically laced the snout of the rhino just above its horns. But the wire cut deeply into the skin, making the animal completely furious. It charged anything within range, until it finally dropped from sheer exhaustion, half-choked and partly mutilated. To the poachers this mutilation was of no importance, they merely wanted to get the horn.
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