In the reserve of Mupa [South], between the rivers Cunene and Cuvelai, there are still a respectable number of giraffes and black rhinoceroses.
In the reserve of Mocamedes, in the north of the lower Cunene, protecting the still abundant black rhinoceros and the Hartmann's zebra.
The black rhino, although still abundant in the district of Mocamedes, the region of Mupa, and certain areas in the south-east of Angola, tends to decrease in number, and it is hoped that hunting these animals will be controlled more closely in future.
The existence of the White Rhino was reported in the extreme south-east of Angola by Schulz and Hammer, and later by Zukowsky and Mattenklodt, but not the slightest concrete proof of its survival in those distant regions could be delivered since, so all fear is justified that this species is entirely extinct now. Rumours circulated once that it had appeared in a very narrow area of difficult access in the south of the district of Mo+amedes, near the Cunene border, but so far no proof of it could be secured.
The present game law in Angola dates from 1942, and shows remarkable improvement on former laws and regulations regarding the protection fo wildlife. It goes so far as to make professional hunting and the trade in game products practically impossible.
