 Reference Base  Black rhino Diceros bicornis minor mortality in the Kruge... |
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Vos, V. de, 1980. Black rhino Diceros bicornis minor mortality in the Kruger National Park. Koedoe 23: 188-189
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa |
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Distribution - Records |
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Black Rhino |
Two young black rhinos that formed part of a re-introduction programme into the KNP, were released in a predator-free enclosure near Pretoriuskop during 1972. For the next year they did particularly well, were in excellent condition and became relatively tame.
In the late afternoon of the 27th September 1973 they were last seen in good health. At about that time it started raining and the temperature dropped somewhat. At 06h00 the next morning one rhino was found dead and the other in a recumbent position about 20 metres off. [Diagnosed as botulism.]
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