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Ansell, W.F.H. 1957. Northern Rhodesia’s protected animals. African Wildlife 11 (1): 19-26.

Northern Rhodesia’s protected animals

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos

No rhinoceros of either species exist today in Senanga [Zambia] as far as is known, but, according to the Chief de Poste at Luiana, both are reputedly present in Angola across the Mashi river. (D.C. Senanga, unpublished notes on game in the Senanga district).

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

No current information, but a few are thought to still exist.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

No current information, but a few are thought to still exist.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

Mafunshi-Luwembo part of Ndola District. No current information, but a few are thought to still exist.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

In Kasempa, rhino continue to do well, though still not in great numbers. They also exist further South, in the Mumbwa sector of the park, and at least in one place in the Namwala portion.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1954

1954, The Fauna Conservation Ordinance (1954) replaced the former one. Rhino is now completely protected.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

There are a few rhino left in the Luano Valley.

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Location Angola Subject Distribution Species African Rhinos Year 1957

In the Gwembe part of the Zambesi valley, rhino are but a remnant, while 1 or 2 survive. The Kariba Gorge was once a well-known rhino locality.

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