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Loutit, B.D. 1982. Death of a rhino. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1982 Autumn: 13-14.

Death of a rhino

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Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

June Owen Smith called from Wereldsend that another rhino cow had been shot leaving a small calf orphaned which was now in her care. I arrived late in the evening. In the morning I found June giving the calf the early morning feed. The wounds that the jackals had inflicted had been fairly bad but June had done a marvellous job of cleaning up the worst of it. I took care of the baby. On the sixth day the Dept of Nature Conservation removed her to Etosha.

Note
Location Namibia Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

June Owen Smith called from Wereldsend that another rhino cow had been shot leaving a small calf orphaned which was now in her care. I arrived late in the evening. In the morning I found June giving the calf the early morning feed. The wounds that the jackals had inflicted had been fairly bad but June had done a marvellous job of cleaning up the worst of it. I took care of the baby.

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