File AvailableAckers, B. 2024 The impact of rhino poaching on the accountability disclosures of a state-funded conservation organisation. Responsibility and Sustanability 9 (10: 65-81
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File AvailableTan, J. 2023 World’s largest private rhino herd doesn’t have a buyer — or much of a future. www.mongabay.com 11 August 2023: 1-12
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableSave The Rhino International 2023 Poaching crisis in KwaZulu-Natal. Oryx 57 (1) Jan: 6 - savetherhino.org/africa/poaching-in-crisis-in-kwazulu-natal
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File AvailableRowan, A.N. 2023 Rhino Conservation in Africa . WellBeing News 5 (1) article 2 (3 Feb 2023): 3 pages, 2 images https://www.wellbeinginstituteintlstudiesrepository.org/wbn/vol5/iss1/2
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File AvailableInternational Rhino Foundation 2023 A new poaching problem in South Africa. IRF on-line-Blog 27 Feb 2023: 1-6, 4 images, https://rhino.org/blog/
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File AvailableNorth Africa Post staff; Hume, J.; Otto, M. 2023 S. Africa: World's largest rhino farm to go on sale. northafricapost.com 14 Feb 2023: 1-2, 1 image https://northafricapost.com/65283-s-africa-worlds-largest-rhino-farm-to-go-on-sale.html
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File AvailableSguazzin, A.; Safodien, M.; Hume, J. 2023 Auction for 13% of World's White rhinos to start at $10 million. www.bloomberg.com 6 Mar 2023: 1-3, 1 image, https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2023-03-06/auction-for-13-of-world-s-white-rhinos-to-start-at-10-million
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White Rhino
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File AvailableJohanisova, L.; Mauerhofer, V. 2023 Assessing trophy hunting in South Africa by comparing hunting and exporting databases. Journal of Nature Conservation 72 (2023) 126362 23 Feb 2023: 1-10, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126363
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File AvailableAfrican Rhino Specialist Group; Biological Management Working Group; Species Survival Commission; International Union for the Conservation of Nature 2023 The conservation contribution of the Platinum Rhino Southern White rhino Captive Breeding Organization. Report of Assessment https://www.savetherhino.org/africa/rhino-conservation-and-platinum-rhino/: 1-25, unpaginated
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White Rhino
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File AvailableNuwer, R.; Duthe, V. 2023 Rhinos' horns were cut to thwart poachers. After, they didn't go out much. New York Times 12 June 2023: 4 pages https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/climate/black-rhinos-horns
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
Black Rhino
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Dziba, L. 2023 Rhinoceros accounting in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal for Nature Conservation 72 (126359): 1-9 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnc.2023.126359
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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File AvailableMoreel, F. 2023 The Justification of anti-poaching military conservation efforts in South Africa: an in-depth analysis of how militarization occurred within Kruger National Park from 2008 to 2018 through the lens of green militarization. Thesis presented to Utrecht University, The Netherlands , pp. 1-58
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File AvailableZanette, L.Y.; Frizzelle, N.R.; Clinchy, M.; Peel, M.J.S.; Keller, C.B.; Huebner, S.E.; Packer, C. 2023 Fear of the human ‘‘super predator’’ pervades the South African savanna. Current Biology 33: 1-8 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2023.08.089
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Ndlovu, L.; Marschall, J.P.; Goot, A.C. van der 2023 Survival of young black and white rhinoceroses in relation to rainfall. African Journal of Wildlife Research 53: 196-205 - DOI: https://doi.org/10.3957/056.053.0196
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File AvailableRogers, J. 2023 South Africa: The life of a rhino monitor. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2023: 31
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableDean, C. 2023 South Africa: Project Blood Orange. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2023: 28
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File AvailableNhleko, Z.N.; Ahrens, R.; Ferreira, S.M.; McCleery, R.A. 2022 Poaching is directly and indirectly driving the decline of South Africa’s large population of white rhinos. Animal Conservation 25 (2): 151-163 - https:doi:10.1111/acv.12720
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White Rhino
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File AvailableSelier, S.J.; Di Minin, E. 2022 How to reverse the rhino poaching crisis: a commentary on Nhleko et al. (2022). Animal Conservation 25 (2): 164-165 - https://doi.org/10.1111/acv.12780
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableShrader, A.M. 2022 Counting the costs of White rhino poaching: we are likely underestimating the indirect and long-term impacts. Animal Conservation 25 (2): 166-167 - https://doi: 10.1111/acv.12781
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Conservation
White Rhino
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File AvailablePenny, SG; Withey, M; White, RL; Scott, DM; MacTavish, L; Pernetta, AP 2022 Changes in social dominance in a group of subadult white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) after dehorning. African Zoology 57 (1): 1-11 - https://doi.org/10.1080/15627020.2022.2046155
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Behaviour - Social Behaviour
White Rhino
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File AvailableKerley, G.I.H; Monsarrat, Sophie 2022 Shifted models cannot be used for predicting responses of biodiversity to global change: the African elephant as an example. African Zoology 57: 1-4
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableWilgen, B.W. van; Strydo, T.; Simms, C.; Smit, I.P.J. 2022 Research, monitoring, and reflection as a guide to the management of complex ecosystems: The case of fire in the Kruger National Park, South Africa. Conservation Science and Practice 4:e12658: 1-13 - https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.12658
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableCITES Secretariat 2022 Annex 3: Report from South Africa. CITES 74th meeting of the Standing Committee (Lyon, France, 7-11 March 2022) SC74 Doc. 37 A-3: 1-6
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File AvailableLedwaba, M.B.; Nozipho, K.; Tembe, D.; Onyiche, T.E.; Chaisi, M.E. 2022 Distribution and prevalence of ticks and tick-borne pathogens of wild animals in South Africa: a systematic review. Current Research in Parasitology and Vector-Borne Diseases 2 (100088): 1-14, 5 figures, 1 table, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.crpvbd.2022.100088
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAnonymous 2022 Rhinoceros poaching reaches new highs in South Africa. Oryx 56 (3): 323
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableGoosen, W.J.; Clarke, C.; Kleynhans, L.; Kerr, T.J.; Buss, P.; Miller, M.A. 2022 Culture-Independent PCR detection and differentiation of Mycobacteria spp. in antemortem respiratory samples from African elephants (Loxodonta africana) and Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum, Diceros bicornis) in South Africa. Pathogens (www.mdpi.com/journal/pathogens) 11, 709 Jun 20: 1-16, 2 tables, https://doi.org/10.3390/pathogens11060709
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases - Bacterial
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableDwyer, R.; Goosen, W.; Buss, P.; Kedward, S.; Manamela, T.; Hausler, G.; Chileshe, J.; Rossouw, L.; Fowler, J.H.; Miller, M.; Witte, C. 2022 Epidemiology of Mycobacterium bovis infection in free-ranging rhinoceros in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119: 1-11
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases - Bacterial
White Rhino
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File AvailableKamath, P.L. 2022 Conserving rhinoceros in the face of disease. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 119 (25) e2206438119: 1-3
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases - Bacterial
White Rhino
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File AvailableZimmermann, D.E.; Vorster, I.; Dreyer, C.; Fowlds, W.; Penzhorn, B.L. 2022 Successful treatment of babesiosis in a south-western Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis bicornis). Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 93 (2) June 16 (on-line): 1-5, 2 tables, 3 figures, https://doi.org/10.36303/JSAVA.478
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Diseases - Parasites
Black Rhino
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File AvailableHyvàrinen, O. 2022 Megaherbivores and Earth system functioning: Landscape-scale effects of white rhino loss on vegetation, fire and soil carbon dynamics. Thesis presented to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, pp. 1-160
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology
White Rhino
Megaherbivores (> 1000 kg) have been suggested to strongly influence ecosystem functioning with consequences potentially scaling up to the global climate. However, due to poaching, we may lose some of the most vulnerable species at functional densities in the wild in the coming decades. In thi...
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File AvailableNuwer, R. 2022 Killing of Ranger protecting Rhinos raises fears for conservation efforts. The New York Times 16 August 2022 on-line: 8 pages, 3 images, https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/16/science/poaching-ranger-murder-rhino.html
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableKothmann, K.H.; Jons, A.; Wilhelmi, B.; Kasozi, N.; Graham, L.; Gent, R.; Atkin, S.L.; Swart, A.C.; Newell-Fugate, A.E. 2022 Non-invasive assessment of fecal glucocorticoid, progesterone, and androgen metabolites and microbiome in free-ranging southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) in South Africa. General and Comparative Endocrinology 329 (114099): 1-13 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ygcen.2022.114099
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Physiology
White Rhino
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File AvailableMauguiere, J. 2022 Influence of surface water availability on the distribution of White Rhinoceros in central Greater Kruger. Thesis presented to the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Umea, pp. 1-58
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology
White Rhino
The population of white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) is now declining in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in South Africa due to the intense poaching crisis ongoing since the early 2000s. The need for an efficient conservation effort has never been greater and requires a better understand...
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File AvailableDean, C. 2022 Appeal: poaching crisis in KwaZulu-Natal. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2022: 20-21
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableGoosen, E. 2022 South Africa: the age of Smart Parks. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2022: 37
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableFurstenburg, D.; Otto, M.; Van Niekerk, P.; Lewitton, D. 2022 Contribution of private game ranching and captive bred operations in South Africa to white rhino Ceratotherium simum species survival conservation. Journal of Veterinary Health Science 3 (4): 331-360 - https://doi.org/10.33140/JVHS.03.04.05
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableDreyer, C. 2022 Jeder Krieg fordert einen Tribut [Kruger NP]. Der Spiegel 2022 (46), 26 Nov 2022: 114
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableMiller, M.; Olea-Popelka, F.; Buss, P. 2022 Effect of boma confinement on hematologic and biochemical values in free-ranging White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Kruger National Park, South Africa. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 58 (4): 735-745 - https://doi.org/10.7589/JWD-D-22-00034
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
Boma adaptation is an important component of rhinoceros translocations to allow transition to new diets, restricted space, and quarantine for disease screening. However, up to 20% of recently captured white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) do not adjust to captivity, resulting in early release or...
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File AvailableBornman. J.; Merwe, Y. van der; Bester, P. 2022 Rhino orphans get new South African home. phys.org 22 Jul 2022: 1-5, 4 images https://phys.org/news/2022-07-rhino-orphans-south-african-home.html
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableProject Rhino 2022 Annual report 2022: stop wildlife crime. Durban, pp. 1-18
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAfrica Hunt Lodge 2022 Hunting of white rhino. Online: https://africahuntlodge.com/hunting-packages/white-rhinoceros-hunt
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableBissett, C.; Freitag-Ronaldson, S.; Merwe, E. van der; Lochner, C.; Riley, A. 2022 Black rhino monitoring in frontier parks. SANParks Research Report 2021-2022: 38-39
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableLochner, C.; Dreyer, C.; Zimmerman, D. 2022 Addo Elephant National Park black rhino DNA project. SANParks Research Report 2021-2022: 40-41
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Dziba, L. 2022 The tricky business of balancing the rhino books. SANParks Research Report 2021-2022: 36-37
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableKuchy, A.L. 2021 Crimes against rhinoceros: exploring attitudes and perceptions of stakeholders in South Africa. Thesis presented to Oregon State University, pp. 1-185 - https://ir.library.oregonstate.edu/concern/graduate_thesis_or_dissertations/sq87c1845
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableChapman, L.A.; White, P.C.L. 2021 Patterns in rhino poaching activity on private land in South Africa. African Journal of Ecology 59 (2): 378-386 - https://doi.org/10.1111/aje.12842
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
Poaching on private land may potentially significantly deplete the rhino population yet is poorly studied. We focus on temporal patterns in poaching events, whether there is any evidence of targeting of specific categories of rhino (in relation to species, sex and age) and whether these patterns ...
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File AvailableSchaap, F. 2021 Todliche Jagd (Wilderei in Sud-Afrika). Spiegel 2021 (2), 9 January : 84-87
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableZimmermann, D.E.; Penzhorn, B.L.; Vorster, I.; Troskie, M.; Oosthuizen, M.C. 2021 Babesia bicornis, Theileria bicornis and Theileria equi in metapopulations of two black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) subspecies in South Africa and their potential impact on conservation. Ticks and Tick-borne Diseases 12 (101635): 1-10 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ttbdis.2020.101635
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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Black Rhino
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File AvailablePenny, S.G.; White, R.L.; Scott, D.M.; MacTavish, L.; Pemetta, A.P. 2021 No evidence that horn trimming affects white rhinoceros horn use during comfort behaviour and resource access. Animal Biology 1(aop): 1-17 - https://doi.org/10.1163/15707563-bja10037
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableZaffarano, G.P.; De Klerk-Lorist, L.M.; Junker, K.; Mitchell, E.; Bhoora, R.V.; Poglayen, G.; Govender, D. 2021 First report of cystic echinococcosis in rhinos: A fertile infection of Echinococcus equinus in a Southern white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) of Kruger National Park, South Africa. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife 14: 260-266 - https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijppaw.2021.02.007
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
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File AvailableRowan, A.N. 2021 Rhino decline shock [in Kruger National Park]. Wellbeing News 3 (3): 1-4
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAlberts, E.C. 2021 South African dehorning initiative aims for zero poached white rhinos. www.mongabay.com 30 April 2021: 1-5
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White Rhino
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File AvailableNieman, W.A.; Wilgen, B.W. van; Radloff, F.G.T.; Leslie, A.J. 2021 A review of the responses of medium- to large-sized African mammals to fire. African Journal of Range & Forage Science 2021: 1-15 - https://doi.org/10.2989/10220119.2021.1918765
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableLe Roux, N.; Ferreira, S. 2021 Rhino birth recovery and resilience to drought impact. African Journal of Ecology 59: 544–547 - DOI: 10.1111/aje.12854
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Ecology
White Rhino
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File AvailableNasr, M.; Meyer, L.C.R.; Buss, P.; Fabregas, M.C.; Gleed, R.D.; Boesch, J.M.; Pohlin, F. 2021 Muscle tremors observed in white rhinoceroses immobilised with either etorphine–azaperone or etorphine–midazolam: An initial study. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 92 (a2142): 1-3
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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White Rhino
Etorphine–azaperone is the most commonly used drug combination for chemical immobilisation of free-ranging white rhinoceroses, but causes several profound physiological disturbances, including muscle tremors. The addition of benzodiazepine sedatives, such as midazolam, has been proposed to redu...
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File AvailableKerley, G.H. 2021 South Africa suffers a second loss of the blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus) as DNA analysis confirms that the sole specimen held in South African collections is sable (H. niger) material. South African Journal of Science 117 (7/8),Art. #9489: 1-2 - https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/9489
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Museums
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableHempel, E.; Bibi, F.; Faith, J.T.; Brink, J.S.; Kalthoff, D.C.; Kamminga, P.; Paijmans, J.L.A.; Westbury, M.V.; Hofreiter, M. ; Zachos, F.E. 2021 Identifying the true number of specimens of the extinct blue antelope (Hippotragus leucophaeus. Nature: Scientific Reports 11: 2100: 1-14 - https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-80142-2
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableTruter, A. 2021 The reproductive performance, demography and spatial ecology of an extralimital white rhinoceros population. Thesis presented to Rhodes University, pp. 1-111
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Reproduction
White Rhino
The white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) (hereafter rhino) is under threat of becoming extinct due to continued poaching for its horns. In South Africa and elsewhere in Africa private landowners have, over the last few decades, contributed to the conservation of various species, including rhino...
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File AvailableKoot, S. 2021 Enjoying extinction: philanthrocapitalism, jouissance, and 'excessive environmentourism' in the South African rhino poaching crisis. Journal of Political Ecology 28 (1): 1-19 - https://doi.org/10.2458/jpe.2984
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Conservation
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Dziba, L. 2021 Where are rhinos safest?. South African Journal of Science 117, art. #11300: 1-3 - https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2021/11300
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Conservation
African Rhino Species
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File AvailableGoosen, E.J. 2021 South Africa: Every dog has its day. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2021: 24
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableBadenhorst, S.; Ratshinanga, R.; Parrini, F.; Niekerk, K.L. van; Henshilwood, C.S. 2021 Rhinoceros from the Middle Stone Age in the Eastern and Western Cape of South Africa. Pachyderm 62: 53-62
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableBlerk, C. van 2021 Faculty performs first ever CT scan on a live adult rhino in South Africa. News of Faculty of Veterinary Science, University of Pretoria
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White Rhino
Care for Wild Rhino Sanctuary and the University of Pretoria's Faculty of Veterinary Science in Onderstepoort, are celebrating a milestone in veterinary healthcare and diagnostic imaging as well as rhino conservation, after the first ever successful CT scan on a live rhino in South Africa.
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File AvailableParker, D.M. 2021 Mammals in the mountains: An historical review and updated checklist of the mammals of the Mountain Zebra National Park. Koedoe 63 (1) a1683: 1-10 - doi.org/10.4102/koedoe.v63i1.1683
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Greaver, C.; Simms, C.; Dziba, L. 2021 The impact of COVID-19 Government responses on rhinoceroses in Kruger National Park. African Journal of Wildlife Research 51 (1): 100-110 - https://doi.org/10.3957/056.051.0100
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
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African Rhino Species
Global COVID-19 responses by governments restricted international travel, imposed national lockdowns, reduced economies, and influenced people's livelihoods. Travel restrictions and national lockdowns may constrain international illegal supply chains of high value wildlife products such as rh...
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File AvailableMeuffels, J.; Lueders, I.; Bertschinger, H.; Luther-Binoir, I.; Pohlin, F.; Gerber, L.; Tindall, B. 2021 Cardiopulmonary parameters and arterial blood gases during etorphine-medetomidine-midazolam immobilization in free ranging Black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) undergoing electro-ejaculation-a preliminary study. Frontiers in Veterinary Science (www.frontiersin.org) 8 (Dec) article 740614: 1-6, 2 tables, https://doi:10.3389/fvets.2021.740614
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Reproduction - Management methods
Black Rhino
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File AvailableChapman, L.A.; White, P.C.L. 2020 Stakeholder perspectives on the value and challenges of private rhinoceros ownership in South Africa. Human Dimensions of Wildlife 25 (2): 187-197 - DOI: 10.1080/10871209.2020.1697838
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Conservation
African Rhino Species
The value of private sector rhinoceros conservation in South Africa is a topic of much debate, often fueled by controversies surrounding trade in rhinoceros horn. We used semi-structured interviews (n = 16) to assess perceptions of private rhinoceros owners and other stakeholders regarding the va...
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File AvailableGlenn, I. 2020 The Paris Bloubok (Hippotragus leucophaeus (Pallas, 1766) [Bovidae]) and its provenance. Zoosystema (Paris) 42 (5): 77-84
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableEngelbrecht, A. 2020 An appraisal theory approach to news reports on rhino poaching in South Africa. Language Matters 51 (1): 86-112
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African Rhino Species
South Africa is home to the world’s largest population of rhinoceroses. Over the past decade there has been a dramatic increase in the number of rhinos poached for their horns. These horns are smuggled out of South Africa and sold on the black markets of Southeast Asia, either as a party drug o...
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File AvailableCollins, A.; Cox, C.; Marire, J. 2020 On the judicial annulment of the ‘domestic’ trade moratorium in South African rhinoceros horn: a law and economics perspective. European Journal of Law and Economics 2020: 1-12 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10657-020-09648-4
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File AvailableFabregas, M.C.; Fosgate, G.T.; Ganswindt, A.; Bertschinger, H.J.; Hofmeyr, M.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2020 Rehabilitation method affects behavior, welfare, and adaptation potential for subsequent release of orphaned white rhinoceros. Acta Ethologica 23: 105-114 - https://doi.org/10.1007/s10211-020-00343-w
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White Rhino
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File AvailableDearlove, R. 2020 Poem For Killer [heroic anti-poaching K9 ranger dog in Kruger NP]. Sydney, Dearlove, pp. 1-2
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FOR KILLER
A legend in the world of anti-poaching
Alert and aware as these cruel men were approaching
Quiet and obedient until Amos said ‘Let’s go’
Avoiding bullets and pangas, Killer would stun the foe
A fiercely loyal protector
Heaven help any intruder
Who tried anyth...
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File AvailableClements, H.S.; Knight, M.; Jones, P.; Balfour, D. 2020 Private rhino conservation: diverse strategies adopted in response to the poaching crisis. Conservation Letters 2020: e12741: 1-8
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White Rhino
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File AvailableVincent, C. 2020 Etat des lieux de la stratégie de lutte contre le braconnage des rhinocéros en Afrique du sud. Thesis presented to the University of Liege, Belgium
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableLe Roux, N.; Ferreira, S. 2020 Age structure changes indicate direct and indirect population impacts in illegally harvested black rhino. PLoS ONE 15(7): e0236790: 1-10 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0236790
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African Rhino Species
Overharvesting affects the size and growth of wildlife populations and can impact population trajectories. Overharvesting can also severely alter population structure and may result in changes in spatial organisation, social dynamics and recruitment. Understanding the relationship between overhar...
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File AvailablePohlin, F.; Buss, P.; Hooyberg, E.H.; Meyer, L.C.R. 2020 Midazolam alters acid-base status less than azaperone during the capture and transport of southern white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum simum). Animals 10 - 1323: 1-13 - doi:10.3390/ani10081323
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White Rhino
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Le Roux, N.; Greaver, C.; Dreyer, C. 2020 Comparison of mark-recapture and block-count-based estimation of black rhinoceros populations. African Journal of Wildlife Research 50 (1): 167-175
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Black Rhino
The impact of global wildlife trafficking on biological diversity imposes pressures on authorities to respond. Reliable estimates of population sizes of keystone species such as rhinoceroses (rhinos) are often a key requirement to evaluate the effectiveness of interventions. Black rhinoceroses (D...
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File AvailableChapman, L.A.; White, P.C.L. 2020 Anti-poaching strategies employed by private rhino owners in South Africa. Pachyderm 61: 179-183
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Pienaar, D. 2020 Evaluating uncertainty in estimates of large rhinoceros populations. Pachyderm 61: 97-108
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African Rhino Species
Estimates of the numbers of living rhinoceroses inform management interventions. Several techniques assist authorities in obtaining estimates. For large populations, authorities use sample-based methods. Estimates for the number of rhinos living in Kruger National Park (Kruger) make use of sample...
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File AvailableThackeray, J.F. 2020 African roan antelope, ethiopian ‘unicorns’ and european medieval art. Digging Stick 37 (2): 17-19
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableChapman, L.A.; White, P.C.L. 2020 The future of private rhino ownership in South Africa. Wildlife Research 47 (6): 441-447 - https://doi.org/10.1071/WR20013
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African Rhino Species
Sustained poaching over the past decade has led to significant loss of black (Diceros bicornis) and southern white (Ceratotherium simum simum) rhinoceroses across South Africa. Whereas much research has focussed on the heavily targeted state-owned populations, there is little understanding of the...
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File AvailableMiazga, K.; Joubert, J.; Sinclair, M.; Cywinska, A. 2020 Releasing three orphaned white rhinoceroses (Ceratotherium simum) to the Game Reserve in South Africa: rehabilitation, translocation and post-release observations. Animals 10 (12), 2224: 1-15 - https://doi.org/10.3390/ani10122224
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White Rhino
White rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) is one of the most famous victims of poachers in Africa. One of the methods for dealing with decreasing rhino numbers is rehabilitating wounded and/or orphaned animals to successfully release them back into the wild. The status of rescued animal differs amon...
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Hain, P. 2020 The rhino conspiracy. London, Muswell Press, pp. i-iii, 1-376
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File AvailableMoneron, S.; Brock, B.; Newton, D. 2020 Insights from the incarcerated: an assessment of the illicit supply chain in wildlife in South Africa. Cambridge, Traffic, pp. 1-36
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableAldila, D.; Azizah, N.; Handari, B.D. 2020 Optimal control problem arises from illegal poaching of southern white rhino mathematical model. Advances in Difference Equations 2020, 605: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13662-020-03062-5
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African Rhino Species
In this paper, a novel dynamical population model of a southern white rhino with legal and illegal poaching activity is introduced. The model constructed is based on a predator–prey model with southern white rhinos as prey and humans (hunters) as predators. We divide the southern white rhino po...
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File AvailableNene, L.N. 2020 South Africa: a day in the life of Lawrence Nkosikhona Nene. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2020: 35
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableSwart, D. 2020 South Africa: a surreal Hluhluwe-iMflolozi Park. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2020: 34
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File AvailableMamba, H.S.; Randhir, T.O.; Fuller, T.K. 2020 Community attitudes and perceptions concerning rhinoceros poaching and conservation: A case study in eSwatini. African Journal of Wildlife Research 50 (1): 1-7 - DOI: 10.3957/056.050.0001
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableStanbridge, D. 2020 Genetic admixture of Kruger National Park black rhino (Diceros bicornis minor): conservation implications. Thesis presented to the University of Cape Town, pp. 1-52
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Black Rhino
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File AvailablePenny, S.G.; White, R.L.; MacTavish, L.; Scott, D.M.; Pemetta, A.P. 2020 Negligible hormonal response following dehorning in free-ranging white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). Conservation Physiology 8(1), p.coaa117: 1-12 - https://doi.org/10.1093/conphys/coaa117
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White Rhino
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File AvailablePROA 2020 Rhino files: private rhino conservation. Private Game no. 1: 52-57
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File AvailableKretzschmar, P. 2020 Mate choice. Private Game no. 1: 58-67
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White Rhino
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File AvailableSouth African National Parks 2020 Annual Report 2019/2020. Pretoria
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableHayes, N. 2019 How do rhino affect grassland heterogeneity and what is the impact on mammal diversity in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park?. Master Thesis presented to University of Utrecht, pp. 1-28
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African Rhino Species
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File AvailableBroeze, L. 2019 Environmental predictors for spatial variation in temperature in a South African savanna and their predictive value for distribution of Southern White Rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum). Master Thesis presented to University of Utrecht, pp. 1-52
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White Rhino
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File AvailableCITES CoP18 2019 Regulation of trade: Black rhinoceros hunting trophies: export quota for South Africa. Document CoP18 Doc.48, pp. 1-17
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Black Rhino
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File AvailableWool, R. 2019 The distribution patterns of African elephant (Loxodonta africana) and white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum simum) in relation to waterhole availability in a South African savanna. Master Thesis presented to University of Utrecht, pp. 1-51
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White Rhino
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File Availablet Sas Rolfes, M. 2019 South Africa and the legal horn trade. The Horn (Save the Rhino International) 2019: 35
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File AvailableFerreira, S.; Le Roux, N.; Greaver, C. 2019 Species-specific drought impacts on black and white rhinoceroses. PLoS ONE 14(1): e0209678: 1-11 - https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0209678
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African Rhino Species
Unrelenting poaching to feed the illegal trafficking of rhinoceros (rhino) horn remains the principle threat to the persistence of south-central black and southern white rhino that live in the Kruger National Park (Kruger), South Africa. Other global environmental change drivers, such as unpredic...
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File AvailableGlenn, I.; Ferreira, S.; Pienaar, D. 2019 Communication on rhino poaching: Precautionary lessons about backfires and boomerangs. South African Journal of Science 115 (3/4): Art. £5585, pp. 1-4 - https://doi.org/10.17159/sajs.2019/5585
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White Rhino
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