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Rabinowitz, A., 1995. Helping a species go extinct: the Sumatran rhinoceros in Borneo. Conservation Biology 9 (1): 482-488
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The AsRSG was created by the Species Survival Commission of the World Conservation Union. The first meeting of this group, convened in Thailand in 1979, emphasized the need for data collection, research and monitoring efforts, protection of rhino habitats, reduction of poaching, and strict control of trade in rhino products.
A second meeting of the AsRSG, held in Malaysia in 1982, analyzed Asian rhino distribution patterns, estimated numbers of animals, and put forth conservation require- ments.
By the third meeting in Singapore in 1984, the ARSG decided to launch a program to capture 'doomed' Sumatran rhinos for breeding in captivity in Asian, European, and North American zoos. Doomed rhinos were loosely defined as animals whose lives were in immediate danger due to the clearing or conversion of forest for other uses.
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