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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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Translocation - Methods |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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To dig pits across all the trails leading to the swamp was another solution, but the difficulty in getting the heavy animal out, made us abandon that plan. We finally decied to build a solid, well camouflaged palisade-fence around the whole bathing place. Where the fence was to cross the trails, we would make trap-doors which automatically fell when the animal passed through the opening. This kind of trap had previously been used by Ryhiner in trapping tapir and a female rhino. We decided to buuild an enclosure of about 30x30 m with 6 trap doors.
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