As is well known, numbers of white rhino wander from the Umfolozi Reserve and corridor at certain times, particularly when the grazing within the Reserve is not good. The Board considered it advisable to arrange for Game Guards to be specially employed in keeping a watch upon these animals when they wander outside the reserve. White rhino - there are 18 adult with 3 calves in Hluhluwe Reserve, and a further 10 or 11 ccome and go from the corridor. In three days during February 1941, 75 white rhino were actually seen in the corridor by reliable game guards. In March only 37 were counted in the same area. This proves that these animals wander out of the Umfolozi Reserve and Corridor.
As is well known, numbers of white rhino wander from the Umfolozi Reserve and corridor at certain times, particularly when the grazing within the Reserve is not good. The Board considered it advisable to arrange for Game Guards to be specially employed in keeping a watch upon these animals when they wander outside the reserve. During February 1941, the patrol reported the presence of 34 white rhino in Mahlabatini area (Native Reserve). These animals appear to have taken up their abode in that area, and efforts to drive them to the Umfolozi Reserve proved of no avail. Although during periodical droughts in the Umfolozi Reserve the animals have in the past wandered into the surrounding country, particularly into the corridor, the Game Conservator is of the opinion that the activity in connection with the tse tse fly operations is responsible for the animals wandering further afield than before. This matter is mentioned in support of the Board's plea for the provision of a permanent home for these animals as soon as circumstances permit.
1940-41, 5 death of Ceratotherium simum reported
Reference is made to the fencing of the Hluhluwe Reserve for which ?1000 was made available by the province. This work involved the erection of ca. 42 miles of fencing and proved to be a very formidable task owing to the extremely difficult country. The work is practically complete and there is only a small gap left on the corridor side which cannot be closed until the question of the extension of the Reserve is finally decided.
