Blancou, L., 1952. Notes on the black and white rhino in A.E.F.. Sudan Wildlife and Sport 2 (4): 16-17
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Distribution |
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Black Rhino |
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The black Rhino has very probably pressed up to A.E.F. (Haute Volta) within historical times. At the beginning of the century it still existed in the north of Lake Chad, but had been decimated, slowly from 1900 to 1920, and very rapidly between 1920 and 1923. Since the creation of the Game Department of A.E.F. (1934) there was a progressive and positive improvement. From a hundred individuals in 1934, there had taken place an increase to at least 400, perhaps 500, in 1950.
ACTUAL SITUATION
The black Rhino, protected in the most efficient manner possible, exists from the Logone basin in the west, up to the Sudan frontier, but the most deeply rooted and compact group of this species lives in the Reserves of Ndele: The natural Reserve of Vassako, the National Park of Bamingui, the Fauna Reserve of Gribingui, that of Koukourou and of the Miadiki, all of which are situated to the west and to the south of the Post of Ndele.
The black Rhino closest to the Sudan exist in the basin of the river Vakaga, partly in the Reserve of the Ouandjia-Vakaga (right bank of the Vakaga) and partly an the left bank, in country whch is not a Reserve, up to the river Goro, and even up to the Gounda in the west. There should still be several along the main course of the greater Aoukale, and between the Aoukale and the Bahr Oulou, but this is not certain, and poaching is very intense, and difficult to suppress. Between the river Yata and the Sudan, to the south west of Birao, several specimens existed, even in 1934. We do not know if they are still there.
There is no news of rhino in the basin of the Oubangui, to the east of the Haute-Ouaka there are still several between Ioamba and Mbari. Perhaps there are a few in the Haute-Kotto.
In the basin of the Kerre, tributary on the right bank of the Mbomou, there were several Rhino - Black or White ?-in 1937, not far from the residence of Major A. B. Anderson, my late and deeply missed friend, who was at that time a planter in Oubangui-Chari. Did these Rhino come from the Sudan ? We have unfortunately no information on this subject.
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Notes on the black and white rhino in A.E.F.
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