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Title: |
On the horns of a dilemma |
Author(s): |
Rabinowitz, A. |
Year published: |
1994 |
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Wildlife Conservation |
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97 (5) |
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32-39, figs. 1-6 |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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Location:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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Seven teams, each assigned an area of 12-20 sq. miles to patrol over 10 days. [After survey] All 7 teams had found evidence of rhinos having been in their areas in the past, but only two found signs of recent activity. One of those had been dropped off in the most remote site of the study area,... |
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Status
Sumatran Rhino
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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For more than 10 years, scientists and experts had believed that only two areas in Borneo contained viable populations: Tabin Wildlife reserve amd Danum Valley region, both in SE Sabah. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sabah
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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Government officials were considering legal protection and expansion of the Danum Valley Conservation Area, a stretch of virgin rainforest administered by a quasi-government organization called the Sabah Foundation. Part of a large timber concession that had been temporarily set aside for forest... |
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Location:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Ecology - Population
Sumatran Rhino
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If rhinos range widely, as is currently believed, it is probably due more to hunting pressures than to ecological needs. |
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World
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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To implement the breeding of rhinos in captivity, the Sumatran Rhino Trust was set up in 1985 between the U.S. amd Indonesia zoo communities. Fter 8 years and an expenditure of nearly 3 million dollars, this well-intended effort to bring together and breed wild-caught Sumatran rhinos both in Ind... |
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Location:
Subject:
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Ecology - Census Methods
Black Rhino
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The best way to accurately determine Sumatran rhino densities is extensive patrolling of a single, large study site over a long period of time. Only short time available. Unpredictable weather presented the biggest problem. The ground had to be wet enough so that we could find clear footprints... |
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World
Conservation
All Rhino Species
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Changing people's attitudes toward medicinal wildlife products must be done in a way that neither denigrates traditional beliefs nor tries to coerce people into new beliefs. Such an approach must be based on a sensitivity and understanding of local community needs. Media campaigns and education... |
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak
Ecology - Habitat
Sumatran Rhino
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When rhinos use an area, they create wide and obvious 'highways' along ridges and waterways, often with distinctive scrape marks and dung deposits. They follow these well established paths repeatedly and over long distances. As rhinos travel, they spend time feeding on leaves, stems and twigs, ... |
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