Ansell, W.F.H., 1947. A note on the position of rhinoceros in Burma. Journal of the Bombay Natural History Society 47 (2): 249-276, pl. 1, map 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Myanmar (Burma) |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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1933, Prince of Wales instituted an enquiry into the adequacy of protection for rhinoceros in the Indian Empire [including Burma]. The result of this was that a Select Committee ws appointed. The penalty for killing a rhinoceros illicitly was increased. The Wild Birds and Animals Protection Act previously restricted the legal killing of rhinoceros to persons in possession of a Special Governor's License which would be issued only in the interests of scientific research. The Committee deleted this clause under Rule 18 of the Act, and added a provision to allow issuing of a License to kill a rhinoceros for medicinal purposes.
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