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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra |
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Distribution - Records |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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Early in 1935 a patrol led by Lt. Scheepens destroyed a number of rhinoceros traps of the local population in places which were supposed to be within the border of the Gn. L?ser reserve. There are only a few patrol maps of this region and the reserve was only indicated by a line on a map of 1913, which means that unless you are seated on top of the mountain (where nobody has ever been) it is impossible to say if you are inside or outside the reserve.
In Feb 1935 a rhinoceros walked into the military bivouac KongkF (Blangkedjeren-Koetatjane) and had to be shot. Within an hour the entire animal had gone; the soldiers and local people had cut it up in pieces. Only some of it was eaten, most was cooked for the fat which is much esteemed as obat (medicine) for severe burns.
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Berichtgeving omtrent natuur-bescherming in 1935
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