Reference Base Notes for: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (6)  ... 2 3 4 5 6  Leader Williams, N. 1989 Desert rhino dehorned. Nature 340, 1989 August 24: 599, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Conservation African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Loutit, R.; Owen-Smith, G. 1989 The auxillary game guard system in northwestern Namibia and its role in black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis conservation (abstract). Koedoe 32 (2): 85-86 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Montgomery, S. 1989 Towards national strategies. REF Journal 2: 8-12 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Montgomery, S. 1989 Operation bicornis: a new initiative to save Damaraland's black rhino. African Wildlife 43 (5): 228-233, figs. 1-6 [Also in Afrikaans, pp.228,230,232] Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Vigne, L. 1989 Dehorning rhinos in Damaraland - a controversial issue. Pachyderm 12: 47-48, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Management African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Armstrong, S. 1989 'Nose jobs' save Namibian rhinos. New Scientist 124 (1691), 1989 November 18: 32, figs. 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Conservation African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Perlez, Jane 1989 Namibia cuts rhinos horns to thwart poachers. New York Times 11 July 1989 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Conservation Black Rhino No details available yet   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino Between 1970 and 1977, a number of black rhinoceros (approximately 43) were captured and removed from the upper Ugab and central Damaraland and transported to the Etosha National Park. This left a relic population behind which numbered more than 100 in Damaraland and approximately 150 in Kaokoland.   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching Black Rhino Although four black rhinoceros have recently been poached in the Etosha National Park, those suspected were tracked from the site of the slaughter to a local kraal not far from the Etosha border. The white traders involved were also apprehended within a few days and were charged for the illegal ...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Between 1970 and 1977, a number of black rhinoceros (approximately 43) were captured and removed from the upper Ugab and central Damaraland and transported to the Etosha National Park by the Directorate of Nature Conservation and Recreational Resorts in an effort to give better protection to the ...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching African Rhino Species During the late 1970s and early 1980s the numbers were drastically reduced by poaching. Carcasses riddled with automatic bullets were found at waterholes and the local population joined the massacre with their own .303 rifles. Horns were hacked off with pangas and. in the case of elephants, chai...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In the Kaokoveld, an auxiliary game scout system (privately funded by the Endangered Wildlife Trust) was introduced by Garth Owen-Smith, the scouts being supervised by nature conservation officials. These game scouts are appointed by the headman of an area and their duties include reporting on g...   details Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The historical record concerning black rhino in the Kaokoveld is sporadic and incidental. Surveys by Shortridge provided the first reasonable summary of rhino distribution and habits in the territory. He found them scattered from the Ugab River to the Kunene, but nowhere east of a line from the...   details Ledger, J. 1988 Report of the Director for the year ended March 31, 1988. Quagga 23: 13-15 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The Endangered Wildlife Trust continued to support the running costs to Blythe Loutit. The population continued to increase steadily and a system of monthly surveys in different regions was instituted after Blythe moved to Khorixas in Damaraland. In February 1988 it was believed that the popula...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records African Rhino Species Poachers are always poised and ready to begin another slaughter campaign. It is therefore imperative that we continue monitoring the status of the black rhinoceros and keep up a strict surveillance of the area. We must maintain contact with the people who five in close proximity to the home ran...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino By 1982 less than ten rhinoceros survived in Kaokoland and an estimated 30 to 40 survived in Damaraland. The illegal trade in rhinoceros horn escalated throughout Africa, and to date more than 80 per cent of Africa's rhinoceros population has disappeared.   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Between 1970 and 1977, a number of black rhinoceros (approximately 43) were captured and removed from the upper Ugab and central Damaraland and transported to the Etosha National Park by the Directorate of Nature Conservation and Recreational Resorts in an effort to give better protection to the ...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The north-western region of South West Africa/ Namibia is extremely arid country and forms part of the Namib Desert. A narrow strip of coastline has been proclaimed a national park and is known as the Skeleton Coast Park but is not more than 40 kilometres wide at any point. The southern boundar...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Garth Owen-Smith has recently completed a year census of the rhinoceros, funded by th New York Zoological Society. It was found that five or six rhinoceros still inhabit some of the Damara farms to the extreme east. However, these farmers have littie or no problem with the rhinoceros which tend ...   details Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Kaokoveld. The desert rhino are regarded as belonging to the nominate subspecies, Diceros bicornis bicornis, the original form described from the Cape of Good Hope by Carl Linnaeus in 1758. This opinion is based on measurements of rhino skulls from the Kaokoveld. and the historical record of bl...   details Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Desert rhinos in Namibia. That these rhino can survive in areas with less than 100 mm mean annual rainfall is amazing. Normally rhino drink every night, yet in the Kaokoveld, because they must move great distances in search of food, they may drink only every third or even fourth night. They ut...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Habitat Black Rhino Damaraland, Namibia. The terrain is vast and rugged mountain ranges intercepted by wide gravel plains running into sandy gravel plains running into sandy, vegetated river beds and hot, dry valleys. Although harsh in appearance, these rivers are in fact the arteries of life for most of the deser...   details Hall-Martin, A.; Walker, C.H.; Bothma, J. du P. 1988 Kaokoveld: the last wilderness. Johannesburg, Southern Book Publishers, pp. i-xii, 1-145 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino Desert rhinos in Namibia. That these rhino can survive in areas with less than 100 mm mean annual rainfall is amazing. Normally rhino drink every night, yet in the Kaokoveld, because they must move great distances in search of food, they may drink only every third or even fourth night. They ut...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino Monitoring of Kaokoveld rhinoceros and their movements began in 1982 but has recently, in the past three years. become more intensive. All nature conservation staff and non-government fieldworkers have contributed towards the formation of identikit files on each individual rhinoceros. Day-to-da...   details Loutit, B.D. 1988 The Damaraland rhino. African Wildlife 42 (2): 66-68, figs. 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Management Black Rhino June Owen Smith called from Wereldsend that another rhino cow had been shot leaving a small calf orphaned which was now in her care. I arrived late in the evening. In the morning I found June giving the calf the early morning feed. The wounds that the jackals had inflicted had been fairly bad ...   details Cumming, D. 1987 Zimbabwe and the conservation of black rhino. Zimbabwe Science News 21 (5/6): 59-62, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino AERSG Action Plan. 2 Etosha Park - Namibia (estimate 350). Etosha lies within an incipient war zone and with the second largest coherent population of black rhino on the continent it is vulnerable. No immediate requirement for assistance from the international conservation community was ident...   details Cumming, D. 1987 Zimbabwe and the conservation of black rhino. Zimbabwe Science News 21 (5/6): 59-62, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 300   details Cumming, D. 1987 Zimbabwe and the conservation of black rhino. Zimbabwe Science News 21 (5/6): 59-62, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 440   details Cumming, D. 1987 Zimbabwe and the conservation of black rhino. Zimbabwe Science News 21 (5/6): 59-62, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 400   details Loutit, B.D.; Louw, G.N.; Seely, M.K. 1987 First approximation of food preferences and the chemical composition of the diet of the desert-dwelling black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis L.. Madoqua 15 (1): 35-54, figs. 1-9, tables 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Owen-Smith, G. 1987 Censusing black rhino in NW Damaraland by individual identification. Report Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Ledger, J. 1987 The magic of the Kaokoveld. Quagga 17: 5-8, figs. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Owen-Smith, G.L. 1987 Conserving the desert-dwelling elephant and rhino by involving the local tribal communities. In: Cochran, G.van B., Heniger, A.J., Reed, D.W. 1987. The spirit of enterprise: the 1987 Rolex Awards. Wokingham, Van Nostrand Reinhold, pp. 332-334 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Conservation Black Rhino No details available yet   details Loutit, B.D. 1986 The rhinos of Damaraland - how are they faring?. Quagga 15: 30, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching African Rhino Species The terrible population crash during the later 1970's and early 1980's was mainly due to poaching and the population dropped from an estimated 100 in Damaraland and 150 in Kaokoland (Gart Owen-Smith, pers comm). The poaching massacre was curtailed by intervention from concerned conservationists ...   details Hall-Martin, A. 1986 Augrabies se swart renosters. Quagga 15: 7-8, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Six black rhinos were transported from Etosha to Aughrabies. The numbers in Etosha has increased due to the importation of 40 black rhinos from farms in the area.   details Loutit, B.D. 1986 The rhinos of Damaraland - how are they faring?. Quagga 15: 30, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In 1980 the estimated number of Black Rhinoceros in Damaraland was 30 animals, with only 10 in Kaokoland. The terrible population crash during the later 1970's and early 1980's was mainly due to poaching and the population dropped from an estimated 100 in Damaraland and 150 in Kaokoland (Gart Ow...   details Owen-Smith, G. 1986 The Kaokoveld, South West Africa / Namibia's threatened wilderness. African Wildlife 40 (3): 104-115, figs. 1-8 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Lawley, J. 1986 Some progress, but concern remains about Namibia's desert rhinos and elephants. Oryx 20 (3): 182 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Hall-Martin, A. 1985 The nabab of Aukoerebis. African Wildlife 39: 244-247, figs. 1-4 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Loutit, B.D. 1985 The rhinoceros' favourites. Veld & Flora June 1985: 53-55 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Food Black Rhino No details available yet   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino In 1965 there were fewer than 100 black rhinos in the whole of the country, and less than 30 in Etosha. Thus SWA has a minimum number of 351 rhinos, and an estimated population of 400. The carrying capacity of white rhinos in South West African reserves is ca. 1000 plus.   details Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino Diceros bicornis bicornis Present status Est. Max. Pop. Etosha 350 est.'d 1000 W. Caprivi 3 * 50 Non conservation area - difficult to estimate Kaokoland 5 Damaraland 50 Total ca. 400 Proposed introductions from Etosha to the Mah...   details Owen-Smith, G. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino Thus there has been a considerable decline in rhinos outside of Etosha in the years 1970 - 82, but there is no indication of disease being a cause. The years 1973 - 82 were the worst drought on record, during which three-uarterss of the Kaokoveld' s springbok, zebra and gemsbok died. But rhino...   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino In 1965 there were fewer than 100 black rhinos in the whole of the country, and less than 30 in Etosha. Fifty animals were then translocated to Etosha from private farms along the Ugab River (now Damaraland) and private farms south of Etosha. At end-1983, there were a known 302 and an estimated...   details Western, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status White Rhino 70   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1984 Method of censusing and the status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Etosha National Park. South African Journal of Science 80: 187 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino During the periods of full moon from May to October 1980, black rhinoceroses were censused at all the important waterholes in the Etosha National Park. The results indicate an increase in the rhinoceros population which was substantially higher than expected. However, the high population in the ...   details Western, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status White Rhino 150   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 A study of the survival means of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the arid areas of Damaraland and Skeleton Coast Park. Quagga 7: 4-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino An isolated population survives much further south near the Ugab river. This part of Damaraland is scenically spectacular. Vast plains dotted with granite boulder islands and dominated by towering mountain fortresses are the home of the southernmost population in Namibia. In dry times the blac...   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino The first white rhinos were reintroduced from Zululand in 1972, onto a private game ranch. Subsequently the Department of Agriculture and Nature Conservation introduced rhinos into the Waterberg Plateau Park. Today, there are four populations on private land numbering 51 animals, and 18 in the ...   details Western, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 300   details Western, D.; Vigne, L. 1984 The status of rhinos in Africa. Pachyderm 4: 5-6, 1 map, fig. 1, tables 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino 400   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 A study of the survival means of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the arid areas of Damaraland and Skeleton Coast Park. Quagga 7: 4-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching African Rhino Species Poaching peaked in 1981-1982.   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 A study of the survival means of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the arid areas of Damaraland and Skeleton Coast Park. Quagga 7: 4-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino A viable but endangered population of black rhinos ( Diceros bicornis L.) survives in the very arid country of western Damaraland, bordering the Skeleton Coast Park. The park in unfenced, allowing free movement of game in and out. The eastern boundary of the Skeleton Coast Park was designed by ...   details Clements, B.; Loutit, B.; Owen-Smith, G.; Viljoen, P.J. 1984 A trust to fight for desert wildlife in Namibia. Oryx 18 (4): 215-217, figs. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching African Rhino Species In March 1983 a young female black rhino was killed by poachers, leaving a 4-months old calf to die. It was saved by the Namibia Wildlife Trust and is now in the care of the Department of Nature Conservation.   details Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Poaching African Rhino Species There is no longer a poaching problem. The biggest headache is what to do with the Damaraland and Kaokoland black rhinos - there's a need to disperse them it seems (Joubert). Could any go to arid national parks in the Republic of South Africa? Recent legislation (1982) imposes a fine of R 6000 ...   details Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The classification of Groves (1967), as to subspecies, will be followed. That is: Diceros bicornis minor - Zululand, and reintroduced elsewhere Diceros bicornis bicornis - S.W.A. Diceros bicornis michaeli - Addo Elephant NP (introduced from Kenya)   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The 6 animals south of the fence and the estimated three in the western Caprivi are in danger, as are the estimated five animals in NW Kaokoland.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The population in Etosha is expanding, and animals could be removed to the existing Mahango and Khaudum Game Reserves in North-east SWA and to the proposed Bushmanland Game Reserve.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The population in Etosha is expanding, and animals could be removed to the existing Mahango and Khaudum Game Reserves in North-east SWA and to the proposed Bushmanland Game Reserve.   details Craven, D. 1984 Damaraland and Kaokoland - where to now?. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1984 Winter: 19-21 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Namibia Wildlife Trust aerial game census of 1982 revealed in Damaraland 23 black rhino and 19 carcasses, in Kaokoland 0 black rhino and 2 carcases.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The 6 animals south of the fence and the estimated three in the western Caprivi are in danger, as are the estimated five animals in NW Kaokoland.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino No physical differences, particularly with regard to skull measurements, could be discerned between bicornis and minor animals.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino The first white rhinos were reintroduced from Zululand in 1972, onto a private game ranch. Subsequently the Department of Agriculture and Nature Conservation introduced rhinos into the Waterberg Plateau Park. Today, there are four populations on private land numbering 51 animals, and 18 in the ...   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 A study of the survival means of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the arid areas of Damaraland and Skeleton Coast Park. Quagga 7: 4-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records African Rhino Species When poaching of rhinos and elephants in Damaraland reached a peak in 1981-2, the Namibia Wildlife Trust was formed and field staff were employed in a successful operation to patrol and report to the officials of the Division of Nature Conservation. The NWT was sponsored by the People's Trust fo...   details Owen-Smith, G. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino In times gone by, black rhinos occurred throughout the country. By 1970, they had been exterminated south of the Ugab River; some remained in Etosha. Then, it is estimated that Kaokoland held between 40 and more than 120 rhinos (but estimates were surely under-estimates?), and a minimum of 100 ...   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The population in Etosha is expanding, and animals could be removed to the existing Mahango and Khaudum Game Reserves in North-east SWA and to the proposed Bushmanland Game Reserve.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino There are an estimated 41 desert rhinos in Damaraland in four areas, of which two are considered relatively safe (Unjab River catchment, lower Hoanib River), comprising 25 animals. These, with 10 others, are north of the veterinary fence. The 6 animals south of the fence and the estimated three...   details Clements, B.; Loutit, B.; Owen-Smith, G.; Viljoen, P.J. 1984 A trust to fight for desert wildlife in Namibia. Oryx 18 (4): 215-217, figs. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Namibia Wildlife Trust investigated the area and it has been found that numbers are healthy and viable breeding groups are present in secluded areas.   details Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records African Rhino Species The South West African Government is the only government that sells rhino horn; but this was stopped in early 1984. Other countries store the products, in spite of the potential loss of revenue. Rhino horn and skin comes through Angola. [Joubert - South West Africa has auctioned 73 kg of horn i...   details Clements, B.; Loutit, B.; Owen-Smith, G.; Viljoen, P.J. 1984 A trust to fight for desert wildlife in Namibia. Oryx 18 (4): 215-217, figs. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Numbers of black rhino have been drastically reduced in Kaokoland. None were seen in the aerial survey of 1982. Recent ground work has revealed that they have survived in very small numbers and there is hope that, with better protection, they shall once more breed there.   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 A study of the survival means of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the arid areas of Damaraland and Skeleton Coast Park. Quagga 7: 4-5, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Damaraland, and Skeleton Coast NP - Diceros bicornis. To date 40 rhinos have been identified, most of which have been photographed. A possible 50-60 still survive in the area. Hind foot spoor size, ear notches, horn shapes, sex and age classes are recorded.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino The first white rhinos were reintroduced from Zululand in 1972, onto a private game ranch. Subsequently the Department of Agriculture and Nature Conservation introduced rhinos into the Waterberg Plateau Park. Today, there are four populations on private land numbering 51 animals, and 18 in the ...   details Mundy, P.J. 1984 Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records White Rhino Ceratotherium simum simum S.W.A.: Waterberg P. Park, 18 Private land, 51   details Loutit, B.D. 1984 Protecting the black rhino in Damaraland, Namibia. Pachyderm 4: 13-14, figs. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino Identikit system. Rhino numbers are carefully monitored by means of an identikit system compiled by Garth Owen-Smith, Karl Peter Erb, and the staff of the Skeleton Coast Park, assisted by Elias Hambo and Bernard Roman. To date 40 rhinos have been identified, most of which have been photographed...   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1984 Method of censusing and the status of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in the Etosha National Park. South African Journal of Science 80: 187 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino Marking techniques of individuals. Colour-coded reflector discs 20 mm in diameter and 3.5 mm thick, were in- serted at the base of the anterior aspect of the front and the lateral sides of back horns of adult and sub-adult rhinoceroses, to facilitate the positive identification of translocated a...   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1984 Marking technique for the identification of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. South African Journal of Science 80: 187-188 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Census Methods Black Rhino During the periods of full moon from May to October 1980, black rhinoceroses were censused at all the important waterholes in the Etosha National Park. Identification based on anatomical features (particularly horns and notches in ears), group composition and behaviour, revealed a population of ...   details Clements, B.; Loutit, B.; Owen-Smith, G.; Viljoen, P.J. 1984 A trust to fight for desert wildlife in Namibia. Oryx 18 (4): 215-217, figs. 1-3, map 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Management Black Rhino In March 1983 a young female black rhino was killed by poachers, leaving a 4-months old calf to die. It was saved by the Namibia Wildlife Trust and is now in the care of the Department of Nature Conservation.   details Brooks, M. 1984 Notes In: Mundy, P.J. Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984. Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust: pp. 1-25 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino There is very little competition between other browsers and the black rhino, but in Etosha there is competition between rhino and elephants.   details Hofmeyr, J.M. 1984 Marking technique for the identification of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) in arid and semi-arid ecosystems. South African Journal of Science 80: 187-188 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Diseases Black Rhino Namibia. 36 rhinos were vaccinated against anthrax.   details Joubert, E. 1984 Die swartrenoster: 'n suksesverhaal van bewaring in SWA. Quagga 7: 12-17 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Owen-Smith, R.N. 1984 Namibia's most valuable resource. Quagga 7: 8-11, figs. 1-3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Vigne, L. 1984 Desert elephant and rhino: EWT helps. Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group 3: 17 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Otsuka, H. 1984 Stratigraphic position of the Chochen vertebrate fauna of the T'ouk'oushan group in the environs of the Chochen district, southwest Taiwan, with special reference to its geologic age. Journal of the Taiwan Museum 37 (1): 37-55 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Taxonomy Black Rhino No details available yet   details Anonymous 1984 Namibia sells ivory/rhino products. Traffic Bulletin 6 (1): 3 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Trade African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Loutit, B.D. 1983 Rhino profile. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1983 Summer: 13, fig. 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino A comprehensive identikit and record of hook-lipped rhino of Damaraland has been drawn up by field officers of the Namibia Wildlife Trust and Nature Conservation Officers of the Skeleton Coast Park. The data recorded has proved most valuable and an accurate preliminary report on numbers of known...   details Le Roux, J.L. 1983 The Eastern Caprivi: an ecological summary with particular reference to larger mammals and their conservation. Report, pp. 1-12 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The last mention of any rhino in Caprivi was of one shot near Kongola on the Kwando River in the early 1970's. Since then none were seen and it must be accepted that they have been exterminated.   details Clements, B. 1982 The future of elephant and rhino in Damaraland and Kaokoland. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1982 Autumn: 1-2 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino The top priority of the Namibia Wildlife Trust however is the immediate protection of the elephant and rhino which inhabit the desert areas east of the Skeleton Coast Park. It is an area of incredible scenic beauty not of any mining or agricultural potential and almost uninhabited by humans. It...   details Loutit, B.D. 1982 Death of a rhino. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1982 Autumn: 13-14 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino June Owen Smith called from Wereldsend that another rhino cow had been shot leaving a small calf orphaned which was now in her care. I arrived late in the evening. In the morning I found June giving the calf the early morning feed. The wounds that the jackals had inflicted had been fairly bad ...   details Viljoen, P.J. 1982 The distribution and population status of the larger mammals in Kaokoland, South West Africa/Namibia.. Cimbebasia (A) 7 (2): 5-33, figs. 1-10 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Diceros bicornis - with map on p.22. Rhino is restricted to the western region and southeastern corner of Kaokoland. In 1975, individual rhinos could still be found at Otuzema, Ekoto and the Heowa valley in the east. However, in 1977 no sign of these animals could be found. In fact, at nearly...   details Loutit, B.D. 1982 Death of a rhino. Newsletter of the Namibia Wildlife Trust 1982 Autumn: 13-14 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology - Interspecific Relations Black Rhino June Owen Smith called from Wereldsend that another rhino cow had been shot leaving a small calf orphaned which was now in her care. I arrived late in the evening. In the morning I found June giving the calf the early morning feed. The wounds that the jackals had inflicted had been fairly bad ...   details Viljoen, P. 1982 Aerial game census. Report to Namibia Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-31 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Viljoen, P.J. 1982 The ecology of the desert-dwelling elephants, black rhinoceroses and giraffes of western Kaokoland and Damaraland, South-West Africa. Progress Report to Namibia Wildlife Trust No.4: 1-7 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Walker, C. 1982 Desert dwellers. Elephant 2 (1): 135-139 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution Black Rhino No details available yet   details Vedder, H. 1981 Das alte Sudwestafrika: Sudwestafrikas Geschichte bis zum Tode Mahareros 1890, nach den besten schriftlichen und mundlichen Quellen erzahlt. Windhoek, S.W.A. Wissenschaftliche Gesellschaft, pp. i-xx, 1-686 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution African Rhino Species No details available yet   details Viljoen, P.J. 1981 The ecology of the desert-dwelling elephants, black rhinoceroses and giraffes of western Kaokoland and Damaraland, South-West Africa. Progress Report No. 2 to Namibia Wildlife Trust, pp. 1-5 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Ecology Black Rhino No details available yet   details Hall-Martin, A. 1979 Black rhinoceros in Southern Africa. Oryx 15 (1): 26-32, figs. 1-2, table 1 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino population estimates - Diceros bicornis. Etosha NP, 140 Kaokoland, 20 Damaraland, 30   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Status Black Rhino Count of black rhino in 1978, total 180   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Rhino in the Kaokoland and Damaraland are severely threatened and have little chance to survive. Total number in Damaraland, rough estimate of 1978, 30 ?   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino Rhino in the Kaokoland and Damaraland are severely threatened and have little chance to survive. Total a rough estmate in 1978, 20 ?   details Klingel, H. 1979 Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]. Report, cyclostyled, pp. 1-9 Location: Subject: Species: Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia Distribution - Records Black Rhino From 1970 to 1972, 43 black rhino were captured in areas where they were threatened by poachers and moved to Etosha NP, where they and the original population are doing extremely well.   details back to search page Sort order: ------------------- Date ASC Author normal    (6)  ... 2 3 4 5 6