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Leader Williams, N. 1989. Luangwa rhinos: ‘Big is best, small is feasible. Pachyderm 12: 27-28.

Luangwa rhinos: ‘Big is best, small is feasible

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Probably less than a hundred scattered rhinos currently survive in either Selous or Luangwa, where in the early 1980s there were a few thousand. The seriousness of the situation in the Selous took some while to be appreciated because no full-time researc

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1989

Probably less than a hundred scattered rhinos currently survive in either Selous or Luangwa, where in the early 1980s there were a few thousand. However, I for one had the sorry task of witnessing the decline of Luangwa's rhinos and elephants during 1980

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1979

Tsavo's population of black rhinos and elephants was depleted during the 1970s and by the early 1980s only small numbers of rhinos remained in Kenya.

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1980

Tsavo's population of black rhinos and elephants was depleted during the 1970s and by the early 1980s only small numbers of rhinos remained in Kenya.

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