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Zululand Game Department 1935. Extracts from Annual Report for 1934. Journal of the Society for the Preservation of the Fauna of the Empire 26: 51-53.

Extracts from Annual Report for 1934

Note
Location South Africa Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum)

There are 11 adult white rhino and 2 calves within the Hluhluwe Reserve.

Note
Location South Africa Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum) Year 1933

Ceratotherium simum. A recent census of these animals was carried out in October 1933, when 134 were seen inside the Umfolosi Reserve and 72 outside during five days operations.

Note
Location South Africa Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum) Year 1935

Two white rhino were found dead, poisoned by arsenic administered by aeroplanes (in a locust control operation). We found another young white rhino dead in the Umfolosi Reserve in April 1934. Cause of death unknown and the carcass was too decomposed for examination. No deaths from shooting have occurred during the year.

Note
Location South Africa Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum)

Two white rhino were found dead, poisoned by arsenic administered by aeroplanes (in a locust control operation).

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