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| Title: |
Lake Nakuru black rhinoceros sanctuary |
| Author(s): |
Lever, C. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
| Journal: |
Oryx |
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24 (2) |
| Pages: |
90-94, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1500 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 18,000 - 20,000 |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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| In an attempt to stem this disastrous decline, the Rhino Rescue Charitable Appeal Trust was formed in England in December 1985, under the presidency of HRH Prince Bernhard of The Netherlands. The aim of the Trust is to help the government of Kenya achieve the objective of its rhino conservation ... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary. Rhino Rescue has also undertaken to fund further increase in the size of the rhino sanctuary started by the Zoo Check Charitable Trust in 1985 at Ngulia near Mtito Andei in the Tsavo West National Park, 190 km south-east of Nairobi, where the erection of a further 20 km o... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Thanks to a generous donation from the David Shepherd Conservation Foundation, Rhino Rescue has also contributed to the construction of a further sanctuary in the Salient of the Aberdare National Park, a little over 100 km due north of Nairobi. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary. Recently another male, who had killed two white rhinos at Ol Jogi, and had subsequently been de-horned, was translocated to Ngulia, where he in turn was killed by one of the resident rhinos. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In addition to poaching, another reason for the decline of the black rhino is the rapid growth in the human population. At around 4 per cent per annum Kenya, for example, has one of the highest growth rates in the world. With increasing reclamation of land for farming and demand for wood as fue... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Only 18 months after the launch of the Rhino Rescue Appeal, the first black rhinos were released in Nakuru, to join the two already within the National Park. Seventeen animals were transferred from the private Solio ranch near Nyeri, (which in addition to supporting a population of no fewer than... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Only 18 months after the launch of the Rhino Rescue Appeal, the first black rhinos were released in Nakuru, to join the two already within the National Park. Seventeen animals were transferred from the private Solio ranch near Nyeri, (which in addition to supporting a population of no fewer than... |
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Lake Nakuru black rhinoceros sanctuary
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