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Pienaar, U. de V., 1963. The large mammals of the Kruger National Park: their distribution and present-day status. Koedoe 6: 1-37
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa |
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Distribution - Records |
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White Rhino |
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Having been extinct for 80 years or more, it was therefore an achievement of considerable merit of the National Parks Board of Trustees in translocating 4 fully mature square-lipped rhinoceros, with the aid of officials of the Natal Park's Board from the Umfolozi reserve in Natal, to a specially constructed enclosure along the Faai spruit near Pretorluskop, during October 1961. hese newcomers have settled down amicably in their new habitat and will form the nucleus of a breeding herd in one of their favourite haunts (Vide fig. xi). Two more were added to their number during 1962, so that there are now 4 cows and 2 bulls in the Kruger Park. More are to follow the coming year not only to augment the Pretoriuskop population but also to establish a breeding herd in some other suitable area in the southern district.
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