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| Title: |
The Damaraland rhino |
| Author(s): |
Loutit, B.D. |
| Year published: |
1988 |
| Journal: |
African Wildlife |
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42 (2) |
| Pages: |
66-68, figs. 1-7 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| In Kenya numbers have dropped drasti- cally from an estimated 18 000 to about 450 animals, many of which are protected on private property. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Between 1970 and 1977, a number of black rhinoceros (approximately 43) were captured and removed from the upper Ugab and central Damaraland and transported to the Etosha National Park. This left a relic population behind which numbered more than 100 in Damaraland and approximately 150 in Kaokoland. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Zambian rhinoceros face extinction unless steps are taken to control the situation from the highest government levels. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
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| Although four black rhinoceros have recently been poached in the Etosha National Park, those suspected were tracked from the site of the slaughter to a local kraal not far from the Etosha border. The white traders involved were also apprehended within a few days and were charged for the illegal ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Between 1970 and 1977, a number of black rhinoceros (approximately 43) were captured and removed from the upper Ugab and central Damaraland and transported to the Etosha National Park by the Directorate of Nature Conservation and Recreational Resorts in an effort to give better protection to the ... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| During the late 1970s and early 1980s the numbers were drastically reduced by poaching. Carcasses riddled with automatic bullets were found at waterholes and the local population joined the massacre with their own .303 rifles. Horns were hacked off with pangas and. in the case of elephants, chai... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| In Zimbabwe conservationists are fighting a conventional war against heavily armed poachers and the rhinoceros numbers are dropping daily. |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In the Kaokoveld, an auxiliary game scout system (privately funded by the Endangered Wildlife Trust) was introduced by Garth Owen-Smith, the scouts being supervised by nature conservation officials. These game scouts are appointed by the headman of an area and their duties include reporting on g... |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| In the Central African Republic it would appear that from a healthy population of some 3000 rhinoceros in 1980, they may become extinct there this year! |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| Poachers are always poised and ready to begin another slaughter campaign. It is therefore imperative that we continue monitoring the status of the black rhinoceros and keep up a strict surveillance of the area. We must maintain contact with the people who five in close proximity to the home ran... |
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The Damaraland rhino
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