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Borneo fauna anxieties |
| Author(s): |
Harrisson, T. |
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1955 |
| Journal: |
Oryx |
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3 (3) |
| Pages: |
134-137 |
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| File: |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Far the most serious is the case of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis. It is not even especially reassuring that it occurs elsewhere in Indonesia, since the old Dutch game laws, inadequate as they were, are neither being properly enforced nor replaced in the remoter areas.
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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| Twenty years ago the rhino was still common over Borneo. Within living memory it came down into village areas and did damage in the ricefields of the Kelabit plateau. Now there are probably not more than two or three in Sarawak ; none in Brunei ; some reported in east of North Borneo ; and a h... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Poaching
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot since 1945 led to a conviction (Sibu area). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| One shot since 1945 led to a conviction (Sibu area). |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| The difficulty is to enforce any such law in this huge area. Nowhere in Borneo is there a separately organized game service or other effective protection enforcement. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Twenty years ago the rhino was still common over Borneo. Within living memory it came down into village areas and did damage in the ricefields of the Kelabit plateau. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Asian Rhino Species
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| Far the most serious is the case of the two-horned rhinoceros, Didermocerus sumatrensis. It is not even especially reassuring that it occurs elsewhere in Indonesia, since the old Dutch game laws, inadequate as they were, are neither being properly enforced nor replaced in the remoter areas. |
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World
Value
All Rhino Species
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| Horn is used as aphrodisiac |
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Asia - South East Asia - Borneo
Value - Related to Horn
Asian Rhino Species
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| The rhino has been hunted to near extinction in Borneo mainly for its horn, hooves and other appendages, which are highly valued by the Chinese as alleged aphrodisiacs. |
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Borneo fauna anxieties
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