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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe |
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Distribution - Status |
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Black Rhino |
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In 1990 there were 1775 black rhino. Black rhino remained locally abundant until the 1940s, despite the massive game culls in the tsetse fly control era. In the 1960s rhino were even reintroduced into hunted-out areas like Hwange National Park. And so, while the rest of Africa was losing its black rhino at an overall rate of 12 % per year the trend in Zimbabwe, especially the Zambezi Valley and Sebungwe areas, was actually positive, and the future looked secure.
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Rhino's last stand in Africa
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