 | Rhino & Elephant Foundation 1996 New concept in raising funds for rhino conservation. REF News no. 15: 4-5, figs. 1-3 |
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| Save The Rhino International has been operating in the UK for six years, and has raised over R2.500.000 for rhino conservation projects in Asia and Africa.
The charity was born when David Stirling and Johnny Roberts, both 24 at the time, returned from two years of travelling and working in Afric... |
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| Hutchins, M. 1995 Sumatran rhino conservation. Conservation Biology 9 (5): 977 |
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| The Sumatran Rhino Trustwas formed in 1988 under the auspices of the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums (AAZPA). The SRT represents the last gasp of what might be termed the 'Noah's Ark Paradigm', the concept that our response to species endangerment should always be to estab... |
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| Rabinowitz, A. 1995 Helping a species go extinct: the Sumatran rhinoceros in Borneo. Conservation Biology 9 (1): 482-488 |
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| SRT, an organization spawned from the American association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums [Aims, see Managed Breedings programs, Dicerorhinus sumatrensis ]. In 1993, SRT was dissolved. |
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| Rabinowitz, A. 1995 Helping a species go extinct: the Sumatran rhinoceros in Borneo. Conservation Biology 9 (1): 482-488 |
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| The AsRSG was created by the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union. The first meeting of this group, convened in Thailand in 1979, emphasized the need for data collection, research and monitoring efforts, protection of rhino habitats, reduction of poaching, and strict contr... |
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| Loutit, B.D. 1995 Rhino protection in communal areas, Namibia. Pachyderm 20: 31-32, fig. 1 |
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| Namibia, Damaraland. The rhino monitoring staff of the Save the Rhino Trust (SRT) earn a bonus for every rhino properly photographed and identified. This ensures that the monitoring staff take a personal interest in the welfare of the rhinos with which they work. The SRT also pays a reward of ... |
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| Minnesota Zoo is providing long-term support for the Ujung Kulon National Park. |
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| Brooks, M. 1995 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 20: 3-5 |
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| AfRSG report. At a meeting between the IUCN Elephant and Rhino Specialist Groups and the Facility in October 1994 agreement was reached on the relative roles and responsibilities of the two organisations. One of the major roles of the Facility was to provide funding for priority projects and act... |
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| Foose, T.J.; Strien, N.J. van 1995 Fund-raising efforts. Asian Rhinos 1: 7-9 |
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| The United States of America has just approved legislation to create a Rhinoceros and 'Tiger Conservation Act, whose purposes are:
(1) To assist the conservation of rhinos and tigers by supporting conservation programs of nations, and the CITES Secretariat, whose activities directly or indirect... |
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| Anonymous 1995 Tiger and rhino conservation. Wildlife Conservation 98 (1): 7, fig. 1 |
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| Last Fall, Congress passed the Rhinoceros and Tiger Conservation Act, which establishes a $10 million a year fund for five years, beginning in 1996. The funds will go toward research, conservation, and law enforcement efforts. |
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| The AZA Rhino Advisory Group is now working closely with the International Rhino Foundatoion and Indonesian wildlife authorities to support in situ conservation efforts for the Sumatran Rhino. |
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