 Reference Base  The Javan rhinos, Rhinoceros sondaicus annamiticus, of Ca... |
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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 1988 a hunter shot a female rhino near the Dong Nai River in Cat Tien District. Rhinos were a protected species by Vietnamese law already at that time and thus the hunter was arrested after he tried to sell the horn and skin on the market (Schaller et al., 1990). This incident renewed the attention of the Vietnamese and international scientific and conservation communities for the rhinos of Vietnam. Moreover, the incident proved that rhinos were still surviving in Vietnam.
This incident has also been the last documented poaching incident. Whether more rhinos have been lost due to poaching after 1988 is not certain but unlikely when taking into consideration the effective intelligence network of local police and the Cat Tien National Park. A poaching incident would have been difficult to keep hidden from authorities. However, Haryono et al. (1993) report that one rhino was killed in Song Be province in 1991 and two rhino horns were offered for sale in Ho Chi Minh City in 1992. The data on which this report was made is, however, unclear. Also, authorities cannot confirm these incidents; it seems there are no official documents describing these incidents.
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