 Reference Base  Facilitation of boma adaptation of an injured subadult ma... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Botswana |
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Distribution - Records |
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White Rhino |
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On 12 February, the first two animals were caught: a cow believed to be approximately 30 years old and her approximately nine-month old calf. The cow had an ear notch in her left ear, and was believed to have been one of the animals introduced from Natal's Umfolozi Game Reserve. These two animals were transported in separate crates to the Khama Rhino Sanctuary in Serowe, where they were released together into holding boma number one (see Figure), 22 hours post-capture. They were from a group of three originally spotted from the air. The third animal, an approximately 30 year-old bull (also with an ear notch and a hole from an ear tag in his right ear), was captured on 15 February in the same general area. The bull was released into his own holding boma, number two, at the Sanctuary 14 hours later.
The final animal to be caught was a three to four-year old bull. He was found on his own, approximately 20 km from where the other animals were caught. At the time of capture, this animal had three bullet wounds estimated to be approximately seven to ten days old. [This subadult male died on 5 March 1993.
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