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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia |
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Distribution - Poaching |
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African Rhino Species |
Reasons for decline in rhino poaching:
1. Increased government protection of remnant population in fenced-off reserves.
Namibia improved rhino protection from 1985, mostly keeping them inside fenced national parks with a smaller number free-ranging but regularly monitored.
2. Government encouragement of private wildlife sanctuaries.
In the early 1990s a few on Namibia's 600 black rhino were being managed on private land.
3. Improved local law enforcement.
Namibia's maximum sentence for killing a rhino rose from a 6000 rand fine/ or 6 years imprisonment to 20,000 rand, about $ 45,000, and a possible 20 years in prison.
4. Drop in international demand of rhino horn.
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Numbers of greater one-horned rhinos continue to rise
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