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Lithgow, T. 1961. The possible extinction of rhino at the Ngorongoro Crater. African Wildlife 15 (2): 162-165, fig. 1.

The possible extinction of rhino at the Ngorongoro Crater

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Within five month of the handover (on 1 July 1959 to Ngorongoro Conservation Authority) eight rhino were speared by the Masai in the area. Since my last visit to the crater a further 20 rhino have been killed. Furthermore, 14 rhino skulls have been recov

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Location Tanzania Subject Distribution Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1959

On 1 July 1959, Tanganyika National Parks handed the crater over to a government administrative body called the Ngorongoro Conservation Authority.

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