Shepstone, H.J. 1931. Wild beasts to-day: being an account of the world’s leading zoological gardens, the catching, transportation and doctoring of wild animals, the rearing of them on farms, and the work of conserving the rarer species in parks and reservations. London, Sampson Low, Marston and Co. pp. i-x, 1-254.

Wild beasts to-day: being an account of the world’s leading zoological gardens, the catching, transportation and doctoring of wild animals, the rearing of them on farms, and the work of conserving the rarer species in parks and reservations

Note

Location Captive Subject Translocation Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

New York Zoo. female Diceros bicornis sick: she fought madly when they attempted to lasso her. It took an army of 12 keepers not to mention the assistance of half a dozen veterinary surgeons.

Note

Location Captive Subject Translocation Species Black Rhino (bicornis) Year 1931

'Victoria' had an abscess, part of horn had to be removed.

Note

Location Captive Subject Translocation Species Black Rhino (bicornis)

Diceros bicornis. Female in New York Zoo, had developed an abscess on the left jaw.

Black Rhino

Southern White Rhino

Nile Rhino

Greater One-horned Rhino

Javan Rhino

Sumatran Rhino

Fossil Rhino

View options

Wild beasts to-day: being an account of the world’s leading zoological gardens, the catching, transportation and doctoring of wild animals, the rearing of them on farms, and the work of conserving the rarer species in parks and reservations