| Gripper, J. 2000 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2000 January |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Circle G has been purchased by the Government from Mr & Mrs Burke for resettlement under the Land Acquisition Act. This is a 17,500 acre farm in the Midlands, which has been used for cattle ranching integrated with wildlife. There are usually at least 14 black rhino on the farm, moving between ... |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 435 |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 435, trend down |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 208 |
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| Emslie, R.H. 2000 African rhinos numbering 13,000 for first time since the mid-1980s. Pachyderm 29: 53-56, tables 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 208, trend up |
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| Gripper, J. 2000 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2000 September |
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Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| We were all surprised when Tapiwa on Bemthree had another calf during May 2000. She is only nine years old and had Tafarai, her first calf in May 1998, just two years previously. We are pretty sure that the father ia again Tangarira, who although 32 years old, successfully fought off a male bla... |
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| Gripper, J. 2000 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2000 January |
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Culture - Countries
African Rhino Species
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| Zimbabwe. Photos of cave paintings on sandstone at the Malilangwe Estate, Chiredzi in the Lowveld. One has an obvious rhinoceros. |
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| Parks, T. 2000 Matusadona's babies with bodyguards. Zimbabwe Wildlife 99: 13, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Visit starting from headquarters at Tashinga, to visit some rhinos being held in bomas. They had gone out of bomas, but soon we found all six of the rhinos. We were told that the orphans, the offspring of poached victims, would spend about 4 years in the care of Matusadona's staff before being ... |
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| Karindawaro, S.M. 2000 Rhino escape at Cecil Kop. Zimbabwe Wildlife 99: 21, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Included among the animals was a lone white rhino ?Daisy' translocated to the sanctuary about a decade ago. The Dept. of National Parks decided to relocate Daisy to a protected zone for breeding purposes. Mutare residents, in a petition signed by over 5000 people, vetoed the idea. Consequently... |
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| Gripper, J. 2000 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2000 January |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Try to see rhino on foot on the farm. The land is owned by Ken King, who for 12 years has been one of 18 farms forming a black rhino conservancy here. - Chinyika Farm, 18.56 S, 30.16 E, 4500 ft high |
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| Gripper, J. 2000 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 2000 September |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Management
African Rhino Species
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| Research in Hwange, Zimbabwe. The first of their findings is that that frequent immobilisation of black rhino, which has been carried out routinely to fit or replace radio collars, has resulted in reduced fertility in the female black rhino by about 40% as shown by an increase of the inter calvi... |
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| Mofson, P. 2000 Zimbabwe and CITES: influencing the international regime: pp. 107-124
| In: Hutton, J. et al. Endangered species threatened convention: the past, present and future of Cites, the Convention on International Trade in endangered species of wild fauna and flora. London, Earthscan: pp. i-xx, 1-202 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Duffy, R. 2000 Killing for conservation: wildlife policy in Zimbabwe. Harare, Weaver, pp. i-xiii, 1-210 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| De Alessi, M. 2000 Private conservation and black rhinos in Zimbabwe: The Save Valley and Bubiana conservancies. Harare, Alessi (Private conservation case study), pp. 1-18 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Msipa, F.; SADC 2000 Country report: Zimbabwe, p. 34
| In: Du Toit, R. et al. Proceedings of the SADC Stakeholders planning workshop, Johannesburg, 6-7 March 2000. Harare, SADC Regional Programme for Rhino Conservation: pp. 1-40 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Conservation
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Goeltenboth, R. 1999 Zur derzeitigen Situation der Spitzmaulnashorner weltweit. Bongo, Berlin 29: 117-118, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 300 |
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| Goeltenboth, R. 1999 Zur derzeitigen Situation der Spitzmaulnashorner weltweit. Bongo, Berlin 29: 117-118, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 300 |
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| Karindawaro, S.M. 1999 Gone fishing at Malilangwe. Zimbabwe Wildlife 1999 July-September: 25, 27, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Malilngwe in the lowveld. We saw several telephone poles brought down by a rhino. The bull responsible had been busy rubbing its body against the poles. We then saw the rhino busy massaging its body against a telephone pole. |
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| Karindawaro, S.M. 1999 Gone fishing at Malilangwe. Zimbabwe Wildlife 1999 July-September: 25, 27, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Behaviour - Daily Routine
White Rhino
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| Malilngwe in the lowveld. We saw several telephone poles brought down by a rhino. The bull responsible had been busy rubbing its body against the poles. We then saw the rhino busy massaging its body against a telephone pole. |
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| Rookmaaker, L.C. 1999 Review of Africa's Greatest Hunter - The lost writings of Frederick C. Selous. SA Game and Hunt 5 (12): 32, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Atkinson, M.W.; Kock, M.D. 1999 Calf recruitment and survival in a population of black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, in Zimbabwe following immobilization and dehorning. Proceedings of the Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference 48: 84 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Ecology
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Illegale handel kent geen grenzen. Panda 1998 Winter: 9-11, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 138 |
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| MacDonald, K. 1998 Plight of the rhinos. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 6, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 340 |
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| Emslie, R.H. 1998 African rhinos increase to 11 000 in the wild. REF Journal 12: 4-7, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 1997 AfRSG estimates, Ceratotherium simum, 167 |
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| Emslie, R.H. 1998 African rhinos increase to 11 000 in the wild. REF Journal 12: 4-7, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 167 |
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| Emslie, R.H. 1998 African rhinos increase to 11 000 in the wild. REF Journal 12: 4-7, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 1997 AfRSG estimates, Diceros bicornis, 339 |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Illegale handel kent geen grenzen. Panda 1998 Winter: 9-11, figs. 1-5, map 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 315 |
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| MacDonald, K. 1998 Plight of the rhinos. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 6, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| No recorded poaching in Zimbabwe since March 1994. |
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| Emslie, R.H. 1998 African rhinos increase to 11 000 in the wild. REF Journal 12: 4-7, table 1 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 339 |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Natuurbeheer in oorlogsgebied. Panda 1998 Winter: 14-15, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| The rhinos in Zimbabwe lived before the translocations of the 1980s mainly in the large national parks in the Zambezi valley. The areas were too large to patrol. Most of the poachers came from Zambia and just crossed the border. Lusaka was an international trading market for rhino horn. |
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| Bechtel, S. 1998 The rhino wars of Zimbabwe. Adventure Journal 1998 Summer: 74-76, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
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| Over the past ten years, 178 poachers have been killed by scouts, and seven scouts have been killed by poachers. |
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| Duncan, N.S. 1998 Increase in rhino numbers. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 1-2, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Save Foundation of Australia
Imire also had a very succesful last two years, with 4 births, and 2 of these calves are now at the rehabilitation centre at Tashinga with the other two to follow shortly. |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White rhinos were extirpated in Zimbabwe in the late 1800s |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Natuurbeheer in oorlogsgebied. Panda 1998 Winter: 14-15, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Between 1985 and 1995 over 300 rhinos were translocated within the country, especially into private game farms, which in Zimbabwe they call conservancies. The largest conservancy measures some 3000 km?. |
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| Anonymous 1998 Kids raise $27000 for rhino conservation. Zimbabwe Wildlife 91: 6, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Chispite Junior School's two grade six classes raised Z$ 27,000 for black rhino conservation in 1997. The money was handed over to the Zambezi Society, a regionally focussed environmental organisation which over past 10 years has cahnnelled over Z$2 m into helping conserve rhinos in Matusadona. ... |
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| Anonymous 1998 Row over white rhino in Cecil Kop. Zimbabwe Wildlife 91: 7 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| One female white rhino left in the park, 17 yr old ?Daisy'. The Manicaland Branch of the Wildlife Society of Zimbabwe (president WSZ, Sirley Cormack) opposes a proposal by Dept. National Parks to move the animal out of cecil Kop to a breeding program. The petition is signed by 4000 people. |
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| Bechtel, S. 1998 The rhino wars of Zimbabwe. Adventure Journal 1998 Summer: 74-76, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Sees black rhino, together with Zoe Jewell and Sky Alibhai. |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Reintroductions 1962-1967 & 1975-1986. White rhinos were reintroduced in the 1960s when animals were translocated from Umfolozi Game Reserve in South Africa. Matobo National Park (MNP) is located in southwestern Zimbabwe, and encompasses over 425 km? of the Matobo Hills, characterised by rugge... |
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| Webster-Viola, M. 1998 Safari '97: a dream come true. Newsletter Save Foundation 10 (1-4): 4-5, figs. 1-4 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Sees black rhino at Imire, including (in picture) a calf called ?Mbizhi' together with Julie Froyland. |
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| Duncan, N.S. 1998 Increase in rhino numbers. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 1-2, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Save Foundation of Australia. Imire also had a very succesful last two years, with 4 births, and 2 of these calves are now at the rehabilitation centre at Tashinga with the other two to follow shortly. |
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| Duncan, N.S. 1998 Increase in rhino numbers. Newsletter Save Foundation 10: 1-2, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Save Foundation of Australia. The greatest percentage of increase in rhino numbers was found in Bubiana Conservancy. This is proving to be a very worthy project and it won't be long before some of the younger rhinos are returned back to the wild. |
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| Taylor, M. 1998 Research into the possible reasons for a lack of ovarian cycling in an 18 year old female white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)(work in progress). EEP Research Group Newsletter 5: 5-6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Methods
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum transferred to Matusadona, Zimbabwe, all died. In any future such exercises, much more attention should be paid to monitoring the progress of translocated animals than was the case in the Matusadona exercise, especially when being moved into tsetse fly infested areas. Previo... |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Management
Black Rhino
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| Zimbabwe. Body condition was assessed following a method outlined for white rhinos by Keep (1971), which scores condition visually based on reduction of fat deposits and muscle mass around the neck, scapula, spine and sacrum. We photographed each rhino in the late wet season (7 April to 8 May) ... |
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| Taylor, M. 1998 Research into the possible reasons for a lack of ovarian cycling in an 18 year old female white rhino (Ceratotherium simum simum)(work in progress). EEP Research Group Newsletter 5: 5-6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
White Rhino
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| Ceratotherium simum translocated within Zimbabwe, animals died. Circumstantial evidence led to the strong possibilityof trypanosomiasis infection for the following reasons (C.M. Foggin, pers.comm.).
(i) Matusadona National Park is in a tsetse fly (Glossina spp.) infested region. All white rhi... |
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| Lammers, I. 1998 Zo leg je stroperij aan banden. Panda 1998 Winter: 12-13, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Management
African Rhino Species
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| Early in the 1990s the government started dehorning operations, hoping that a dehorned rhino is unattractive to poachers. It was an emergency. In 1 ? years time we dehorned over 300 rhino. That was expensive, but we recieved financial aid from WWF Holland. At first the operation seemed unsucc... |
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| Bechtel, S. 1998 The rhino wars of Zimbabwe. Adventure Journal 1998 Summer: 74-76, figs. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Management
African Rhino Species
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| Dehorning porgram pioneered in Namibia in 1990, adopted by Zimbabwe in 1992. Even dehorning advocates don't claim that it is an ideal solution. One study in Namibia suggested that dehorned mothers are unable to defend their calves against predators, although Alibhai and jewell have not found th... |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Management
Black Rhino
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| Zimbabwe. Body condition was assessed following a method outlined for white rhinos by Keep (1971), which scores condition visually based on reduction of fat deposits and muscle mass around the neck, scapula, spine and sacrum. We photographed each rhino in the late wet season (7 April to 8 May) ... |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Reproduction
White Rhino
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| Intervals between births have ranged from 2 to 6 years for white rhinos in MNP. Mean intervals for females in the WGP were 2.9 ? 0.1 years (n = 6 females, 21 intervals) during the early period and 3.3 ? 0.2 years (n = 8 females, 19 intervals) during the late period. Only one female in the low-d... |
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| Rachlow, J.L.; Berger, J. 1998 Reproduction and population density: trade-offs for the conservation of rhinos in situ. Animal Conservation 1 (2): 101-106, figs. 1-3, table 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Reproduction
White Rhino
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| Zimbabwe. Female reproductive parameters varied with population density. Age at first reproduction for female white rhinos in MNP varied from 6.5 to 11.5 years of age. Using data for all females, age at first reproduction increased significantly with total population density in the year of con... |
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| Kock, N.D. 1998 Abstracts of papers. Zimbabwe Veterinary Journal 29 (1): 33 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Cherrington, M. 1998 In the crosshairs: war on rhinoceros poachers in Zimbabwe. The Sciences 1998 January/February: 15-17 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Anonymous 1997 Rhino population increases. Zimbabwe Wildlife 86: 6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 120 |
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| Anonymous 1997 Rhino population increases. Zimbabwe Wildlife 86: 6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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| 100 |
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| Anonymous 1997 Rhino population increases. Zimbabwe Wildlife 86: 6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 320 |
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| Karindawaro, S.M. 1997 Elephant used to guard rhino. Zimbabwe Wildlife 87: 12, fig. 1 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| Norman Travers uses elephant to guard the white rhino in the reserve. |
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| Brooks, M. 1997 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 24: 11-13 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
African Rhino Species
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| In the last edition of Pachyderm I mentioned the participation of AFRSG members in a workshop to review Zimbabwe's rhino policy. Following the workshop, I am pleased to report that the Zimbabwean Minister of the Environment and Tourism has subsequently published and released the country's new Rh... |
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| Anonymous 1997 Boost for black rhinos. Zimbabwe Wildlife 88: 6 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The Zambezi Society (chairman Dick Pitman) has donated anti-poaching patrol equipment worth Z$90.000 to the Black Rhinoceros Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) in Matusadona. The equipment consists of tents, groundsheets, webbing, mosquito nets, life jackets, torches, water bottles, boots etc. The... |
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| Wood, P.A.; Foggin, D.C.; Naude, T.W. 1997 Suspected calcium oxalate raphide irritation in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) due to ingestion of Xanthosoma mafaffa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 68 (1): 2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhinoceros was approximately 12 months old and weighed 385 kg. |
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| Wood, P.A.; Foggin, D.C.; Naude, T.W. 1997 Suspected calcium oxalate raphide irritation in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) due to ingestion of Xanthosoma mafaffa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 68 (1): 2 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Irritation caused by eating of foreign plant, Xanthosoma mafaffa in Diceros bicornis. We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhin... |
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| Wood, P.A.; Foggin, D.C.; Naude, T.W. 1997 Suspected calcium oxalate raphide irritation in a black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) due to ingestion of Xanthosoma mafaffa. Journal of the South African Veterinary Association 68 (1): 2 |
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Subject:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Morphology - Size
Black Rhino
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| We wish to record a case of buccal irritation in a black rhinoceros, 'Chewore', due to chewing of Xanthosoma mafaffa at the Tashinga Camp, Matusadona National Park, Kariba, Zimbabwe, on 27 April 1995. The rhinoceros was approximately 12 months old and weighed 385 kg. |
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| Gripper, J. 1997 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 1997 May |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Zimbabwe National Parks 1997 Zimbabwe rhino policy and management plan, May 1997. Harare, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Dept of National Parks and Wildlife Management, pp. i-ii, 1-8 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Zimbabwe National Parks 1997 Zimbabwe rhino management plan framework: recommendations from the Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management Seminar, held at the Boulton-Atlantica Centre, Norton, Zimbabwe, 12 December 1996. Harare, Ministry of Environment and Tourism, Dept of National Parks and Wildlife Management, pp. i, 1-66 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Zecchini, A. 1997 Avec les rhinos blancs de Matopos. Courrier de la Nature 167: 38-41, figs. 1-5 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Gripper, J. 1997 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 1997 December: 1-4 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution
Black Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Zimbabwe Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management 1997 Zimbabwe rhino policy and management plan: pp. 159-169
| In: SADC SADC Regional programme for rhino conservation. Detailed country reviews: report, part 3: Annexes. No place, SADC: pp. 1-508 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Conservation
African Rhino Species
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| No details available yet |
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| Condy, J.B.; Davison, E. 1997 Operation white rhino: The importation of eight square-lipped rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum). In: T. Davison, Wankie : the story of a great game reserve, 3rd ed.: pp. 223-230 |
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Subject:
Species:
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation
White Rhino
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| No details available yet |
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| Martin, E.B.; Vigne, L. 1996 Numbers of greater one-horned rhinos continue to rise. Oryx 30 (3): 163-165, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| 315 |
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| Rhino & Elephant Foundation 1996 Black rhino breeding success for Australia. REF News no. 15: 3 |
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| Not one of the estimated 300 black rhinos has been killed in over a year. In the Sinamatelia region of Hwange National Park all 59 black rhinos were dehorned in mid-1992. In October 1994 only 33 had survived. In the country's three major private conservancies in the south of Zimbabwe, the blac... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Vigne, L. 1996 Numbers of greater one-horned rhinos continue to rise. Oryx 30 (3): 163-165, figs. 1-2 |
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| Reasons for decline in rhino poaching:
1. Increased government protection of remnant population in fenced-off reserves.
In Zimbabwe, the government created Intensive protection Zones in the early 1990s. These are areas within larger pieces of government land, which have natural barriers or are... |
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| Rhino & Elephant Foundation 1996 Survey: rhinos on private land. REF News no. 14: 2-3 |
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Black Rhino
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| In the Sinamatelia region of Hwange National Park all 59 black rhinos were dehorned in mid-1992. In October 1994 only 33 had survived. Six carcasses, the stubby remains of their horns hacked off, were found and those unaccounted for are reckoned to have gone the same way. But the state of the ... |
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| Kock, N.D. 1996 Myocardial Purkinje degeneration and necrosis with fibrosis in free-ranging black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis) in Zimbabwe. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 32 (2): 367-369, figs. 1-2 |
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| Alibhai, S.K.; Jewell, Z.C.; Towindo, S. 1996 The density, distribution and ranging of the black rhino (Diceros bicornis) in the Sinamatella Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ), Hwange National Park, Zimbabwe. Report of Rhinowatch, Zimbabwe, pp. i-xvi, 1-109 |
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| Kock, M.D.; Atkinson, M.W. 1996 Intensive management of an endangered species: long-term effects of chemical immobilization and dehorning on health and reproduction in a discrete population of black rhinoceros in Zimbabwe. Proceedings of the Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference 45: 38-39 |
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| Kock, N.D.; Foggin, C.; Kock, M.D, 1996 Pathological findings in free-ranging Zimbabwean black rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis): a summary. Proceedings of the Wildlife Disease Association Annual Conference 45: 40-41 |
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| Rosenthal, D. 1996 Showdown in Zimbabwe. Internet: National Wildlife Federation, pp. 1-3 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
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| Gripper, J. 1996 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 1996 January: 1-2 |
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| Gripper, J. 1996 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 1996 December: 1-4 |
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| Gripper, J. 1996 Rhino births. Sebakwe News 1996 December: 2, fig. 1 |
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| Kock, M.D. 1996 Zimbabwe: a model for the sustainable use of wildlife and the development of innovative wildlife management practices: pp. 229-249
| In: Taylor, V.J. et al. The exploitation of mammal populations. London etc., Chapman and Hall: pp. i-xx, 1-415 |
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| Zimbabwe Department of National Parks and Wildlife Management 1996 Zimbabwe: Parks and wild life act, revised edition: pp. 171-178
| In: SADC SADC Regional programme for rhino conservation. Detailed country reviews: report, part 3: Annexes. No place, SADC: pp. 1-508 |
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| Kock, R.A. 1995 Rhino situation in East Africa and Zimbabwe: pp. 18-19
| In: Goeltenboth, R. et al. International studbook of African rhinoceroses (Diceros bicornis / Ceratotherium simum), 31.12.1994, Nr. 6. Berlin, Zoologischer Garten: pp. i-vii, iA-viiA, 1-217 |
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| Galli, N.S.; Flamand, J.R.B. 1995 Darting and marking black rhinoceros on foot: part of a monitoring and population estimation technique in Hluhluwe-Umfolozi park, South Africa. Pachyderm 20: 33-38, figs. 1-3, map 1, table 1 |
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| National Conservation Plan
At a meeting to discuss black rhinos in Zimbabwe in September 1985, the African Elephant and Rhino Specialist Group (AERSG) of IUCN agreed that all participating countries should draft a National Conservation Plan for the black rhino. The South African/Namibian plan s... |
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| Rhino & Elephant Foundation 1995 Turning back from the edge of extinction?. REF News no. 13: 2 |
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| But no less important is the discovery of Dr Kock and colleague Dr Mark Atkinson that removing the rhino's horn doesn't appear to affect the health of the population. Sinamatelia abounds with lions and hyenas, and if the calves had been vulnerable they would have been taken. This refutes critic... |
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| Savory R 1995 Hope for the rhino. On Track 1995 May: 46, fig. 1 |
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| Monks, N.J. 1995 The population status, diurnal activity patterns, range and territory size, and habitat use by the white rhinoceros (Ceratotherium simum) in Kyle Recreational Park, Zimbabwe. Canterbury, University of Kent, M.Sc. Thesis, pp. 1-101 |
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| Gripper, J. 1995 [Various notes]. Sebakwe News 1995 March: 1-2 |
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| Anonymous 1995 WWF-Projekt in Simbabwe: Verzweifelte Enthornungsaktion: pp. 22-23, fig. 1
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| African Wildlife News Service 1995 Zimbabwe's rhinos: Secure at last?. Animal Keeper's Forum 22 (7): 266-268, 1 map |
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| Kock, M.D.; Atkinson, M.W. 1995 Radio-telemetry in Black and White rhinos in Zimbabwe: management and research combining to enhance law-enforcement in the protection of an endangered species. Proceedings of the AAZV, AAWV, WDA Joint Conference 1995: 433 |
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| Atkinson, S.J. 1995 Maintenance of captive black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) on indigenous browse in Zimbabwe: energetics, nutrition and implications for conservation. Thesis presented to the University of Zimbabwe, pp. 1-126 |
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| Du Toit, R. 1994 Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies: pp. 95-99
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| Of the 260-300 black rhinos still surviving in Zimbabwe, about 160 (55-60%) are on private land. |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| 178 poachers were killed in the Zimbabwe rhino war, whilst four game guards were killed and seven wounded. |
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| Du Toit, R. 1994 Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies: pp. 95-99
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| private land. At least 30 black rhinos have been poached on private land over the period April 1989 to December 1993. In addition, over this period four black rhinos have been found dead with no evidence of poaching but with their horns missing. In the worst poaching cases (such as the total e... |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| 425 |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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White Rhino
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| 249 |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Black Rhino
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| 425 |
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| Potter, D. 1994 Update on the current situation of rhinos in Natal: pp. 25-30
| In: Penzhorn, B.L. et al. Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994: pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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| In Zimbabwe in 1980 there were 2500 black rhino and 500 white rhino. In 1991 these numbers declined to 1400 black rhino and an unknown number of white rhino. In 1993 these further declined to 425 black rhino and 100 white rhino. |
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| Cooper, K. 1994 A haven for rhinos: Zimbabwe's Bubiana Conservancy. African Wildlife 48 (1): 17-21, figs. 1-6 |
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| 500 |
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| Brooks, M. 1994 Chairman's report: African Rhino Specialist Group. Pachyderm 18: 16-18, table 1 |
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| 134, trend Down |
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