Foose, T.J., 1997. The saga of the northern white rhino in the wild. EAZA News 1997 October-December: 26-27, maps 1-2
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan |
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Distribution - Status |
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White Rhino |
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From 1984 until now, the white rhino recovered under strict protection of a project jointly conducted by WWF, the Frankfurt Zoological Society, IUCN, UNESCO, and more recently the International Rhino Foundation, which since 1995 had been providing all the salaries and field incentives for the guards.
During the early 1990s, a series of meetings under auspices of AfRSG were conductied, culminating in a workshop at White Oak Conservation Center. The goal was to develop a more viable metapopulation strategy including the possibility of establishing a second population by translocation. Workshop concluded in stalemate. Representatives of Zaire Government stated they would permit translocation of few rhino from Garamba, but only if all cottoni in captivity were moved, together, to a new location. Representatives of Dvur Kralove and san Diego stated that they desired to retain their rhino and declined to consolidate their rhino at a new site.
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