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Asia - East Asia - Vietnam |
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Distribution - Records |
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Asian Rhino Species |
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In 1989 George Schaller, Wildlife Conservation International director for science, and three Vietnamese researchers found solid proof that the Javan rhino still existed in Vietnam. They estimated that perhaps 10-15 of the animals survived near the Dong Nai river, in the Budang district of Song Be Province. Last year Le Dien Due, of the University of Hanoi, and other biologists surveyed Budang and two other districts with WCI support to identify the rhino's range and recommend areas for protection. On the basis of reports from local people that five or six rhinos live along the Dong Nai in Budang, the Song Be government has set aside about 66 square miles for a rhino reserve. In the Cat Tien district there are six or seven animals, and Due and his colleagues are proposing that a reserve be created there too.
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Reserve for rare rhino
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