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Anonymous 1979. Uganda: white rhino exterminated. Swara 2 (3): 21, fig. 1.

Uganda: white rhino exterminated

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Location Uganda Subject Distribution Species White Rhino (simum)

News received at end of July 1979 confirms that Tanzanian soldiers are continuing to shoot animals from 7am to 10pm in the Rwenzori and Kabalega Falls NP. It appears that the white rhino has recently been exterminated in Uganda.

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