In Memoriam
It is with deep sadness that we have learned of the passing of .
Sandy Rookmaaker
on the 17th September 2016. Sandy left behind her three children, seven
grandchildren and loving husband Kees Rookmaaker, the director and chief
editor of the RRC. - RRC Team
The Rhino Resource Center is a
registered charity aiming to collect and distribute information about the
rhinoceros, of which all existing species are on the brink of extinction. For
funding opportunities, look here.
DATES FOR THE DIARY
Here are some events which we would
have attended if we had a chance. So, if you are anywhere near, go and
participate.
Release of 'Remembering
Rhino's': Wednesday 1st November 2017
The Remembering Rhinos book launch will be
held at The Royal Geographical Society in London, on Wednesday 1st November
2017. It will be introduced by the President of our charity partner, The Born
Free Foundation, Will Travers OBE. Compered by our founder Margot Raggett, it
will feature talks by Saving The Survivors founder Johan Marais and former
Wildlife Photographer of the Year Steve Winter. Tickets for this event are
available for you to buy here.
THE COLLECTION OF RHINO ART OF EMILIO GARGIONI
Mr Gargioni has collected rhinos in
modern art for many years and has over a thousand pieces. An interview with the
collector and a selection of his material is found in an entirely new section.
BOOK ON THE AFRICAN RHINOCEROS BY
KEES ROOKMAAKER
ENCOUNTERS WITH THE AFRICAN
RHINOCEROS
Münster, Schüling Verlag, 148 pp., 157 illustrations (many in colour).
ISBN 978-3-86523-091-1
Three reviews are Here, Here And Here
The book (A4 format) is a reprint of
the monograph published online in the Transactions of the Royal Society of
South Africain 2007. It is competetively priced at 59 Euro. To order, contact
the publisher at: mail@schueling.de
The production of Encounters with the African Rhinoceros was sponsored by the
Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, Care for the
Wild International, Henri A. Carpentier of Carino – RRC, Jane
Kennedy of the International
Rhino Keeper Association, David Lacey, Anna Merz of Lewa Wildlife Conservancy, San Diego chapter of
the American Association of Zoo Keepers, SAVE Foundation of Australia,
Library of the World Conservation Society and
the Zoological Society of San Diego
BOOKS ON RHINOS
There are many interesting books on
rhinos, technical and popular.
The following book is available from the Natural History Book Service,
www.nhbs.co.uk:
Anna Merz, Rhino (3rd ed. 1999) - £ 8.50
DOCUMENTS OF THE AFRICAN RHINO
SPECIALIST GROUP
The IUCN/SSC African Rhino Specialist
Group (AfRSG) has chosen the RRC website to provide public access to some of
their important documents in October 2007.
Dr Martin Brooks, former Chair of the
AfRSG, wrote in Pachyderm (no.44, 2008, p.12):
”Updated website with links to Rhino Resource Center - During the period under
review the AfRSG’s web page has been updated providing links to a number of
relevant documents hosted on the Rhino Resource Center website.”
Emslie, Richard
H., Amin, Raj & Kock, Richard (eds), 2009. Guidelines for
the in situ reintroduction and translocation of African and Asian rhinoceros.
Occasional Paper of the IUCN Species Survival Commission no. 39: i-v,
1-115
Note: Paper copies of this report are now available from the Zoological Society
of London.
Monitoring
African rhino: trainee's guide (2007)
Translocating
black rhino: current techniques for capture, transport, boma care,
release and post-release monitoring (2007)
Guidelines for
the in situ translocation of the African elephant for conservation purposes (2003)
African rhino:
status survey and conservation action plan (1999)
African
elephants and rhinos: status survey and conservation action plan
(1990)
DOCUMENTS OF THE ASIAN RHINO SPECIALIST
GROUP
The IUCN/SSC Asian Rhino Specialist
Group (AsRSG) has given permission to the RRC to provide access to their
documents.
Asian rhinos:
status survey and conservation action plan (1996)
DOCUMENTS OF THE SADC REGIONAL
PROGRAMME FOR RHINO CONSERVATION
Raoul duToit, coordinator of the SADC
RPRC for southern Africa, has allowed the RRC to provide access to their public
documents.
All items are listed and available as
PDF. Type SADC in the author field of the Literature Search for a complete
list.
DOCUMENTS OF THE INTERNATIONAL RHINO
KEEPER ASSOCIATION
Proceedings of
the Fourth Rhino Keepers workshop 2005
Proceedings of
the Second Rhino Keepers' Workshop 2001
Proceedings of
the First Rhino Keepers' workshop 1999
RHINOCEROS HUSBANDRY MANUALS
AZA Rhinoceros
husbandry resource manual.- Fort Worth, Zoological Park (1996)
Goeltenboth, R.;
Ganslosser, U.; Tomasova, K. Husbandry guidelines (1995)
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