One black rhino met his death during 1932 at the hands of natives outside the Reserve. The animal, a vicious old bull, charged into the midst of native women hoeing on their lands, and was eventually stabbed to death by Native men in pure self defence.
Ceratotherium simum, there are now just over 200.
The black rhino, as in the Umfolozi, seem out of their element in this Reserve - only one calf has been seen this season. I am of the opinion that the 11 or 12 rhino here have been driven out of the Hluhluwe Reserve and are mostly old animals probably past the age of breeding.
For the protection of white rhino, my head game guard Mali and five Native Guards are employed. Their headquarters are at Masimba just outside the reserve, and their duties rae continually to patrol the areas where the White Rhino live and to keep in close touch with them. Nearly half the white rhino are to be found outside the sanctuary.
The white rhino have apparently come to stay in Hluhluwe Reserve. A recent census shows that at least eleven adults and two calves are at present resident there.
the Hluhluwe reserve is the abode of the black rhino, 85 of which have their abode therein. Eleven of this year's calves have been seen.
