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File AvailableAstle, W.L. 1999 A history of wildlife conservation and management in the mid-Luangwa valley, Zambia. Bristol, British Empire and Commonwealth Museum (Research Paper no. 3), pp. i-iv, i-xviii, 1-145
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
From the mid 1970s there were severe economic problems in the country and political turmoil in some of its neighbours. Government funds were very restricted. International prices for rhino horn rose dramatically. Consequently there was a vast increase
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File AvailableTalukdar, B.K. 1999 Status of Rhinoceros unicornis in Pabitora Wildlife Sanctuary, Assam. Tiger Paper 26 (1): 8-10
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
Poaching presents the greatest threat to the survival of Indian rhinos in Pabitora WS. Nineteen rhinos were killed by poachers in the sanctuary between 1987 and 1993. Another twelve died of natural causes.
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File AvailableGough, D. 1999 Survival rests on a knife edge. Guardian, London 1999 April 6: 11, figs. 1-2
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Tim Oloo, Rhino Project co-ordinator for KWS, said his anti-poaching teams had been successful but the threat of poaching remains very real. KWS's limited resources meant that it was impossible to offer complete protection to the few remaining rhinos. The only ay to eliminate poaching is to era...
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File AvailableMartin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
In Kenya, none of the white rhinos (all of the southern subspecies, Ceratotherium simum simum) was poached from 1989 through 1997 and no horns were stolen from white rhinos dying of natural causes.
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File AvailableTalukdar, B.K. 1998 Tiger predation of rhinoceroses. Oryx 32 (2): 96
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Indian Rhino
Poached 1994, 4
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File AvailableRhino & Elephant Foundation 1998 [Various notes]. REF News no. 20: 1-6
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Two men appeared in Nelspruit Magistrates Court over killing a black rhino in Kruger NP. Bail was refused (from Business Day, 6 March 1998).
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File AvailableAnonymous 1998 Rhino poaching - not restricted to Zimbabwe. Zimbabwe Wildlife 91: 16
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
Earlier this year a rhino was killed by poachers in Kruger.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1998 Rhino numbers climbing. Our Living World 1998 October: 12, fig. 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
1992-1998, 13 rhinos have been poached
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File AvailableMacDonald, K. 1998 Plight of the rhinos. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 6, fig. 1
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
No recorded poaching in Zimbabwe since March 1994.
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File AvailableAnonymous 1998 Indian rhinos continue to be lost. Oryx 32 (3): 184
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Asia - South Asia - India
Distribution - Poaching
Indian Rhino
Poaching 1997, 9
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