 Reference Base  The mammals of the southern African subregion, new edition |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa |
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Translocation - Records |
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White Rhino |
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up to October 1989 a total of 1240 have been relocated out of South Africa and 2199 within South Africa (total 3439) (Strauss, pers. comm.).
White rhinoceros have been moved to the following countries (figures correct to 31/12/1983-Meiklejohn, pers. comm., 1990): Subregion -Cape 80, Natal 487, Orange Free State 23, Transvaal 931, Bophuthatswana 330, Ciskei 6, Transkei 15, Venda 6, Botswana 97, Namibia 88, Swaziland 96, Zimbabwe 152;
Africa, excluding Subregion-Angola 10, Kenya 23, Mozambique 85 (although Emslie (pers. comm.) believes Mozambique now holds the dubious distinction of the species going extinct twice), Zambia 4;
Elsewhere -Argentina 6, Belgium 19, Burma 4, Canada 6, Cuba 2, Czechoslovakia 7, Denmark 2, East Germany 5, Great Britain 64, Holland 62, India 5, Israel 8, Italy 6, Japan 37, Java 2, Portugal 2, Saudi Arabia 1, Spain 33, Sweden 2, Switzerland 4, Taiwan 7, USA 257, West Germany 96. The majority were relocated inside South Africa.
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