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McCulloch, B.; Achard, P.L., 1969. Mortalities associated with the capture, translocation, trade and exhibition of black rhinoceroses, Diceros bicornis. International Zoo Yearbook 9: 184-191
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Ecology - Population |
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African Rhino Species |
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The Black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis will not usually retreat before human encroachment and, as a result, it is killed by incoming settlers or by the Game Division in defence of human life and property. Even in the game controlled areas, where human rights are limited to settlement only, and in conservation areas where human rights are denied, rhinoceroses are poached for 'rhino horn', which is regarded as having antitoxic and aphrodisiac properties.
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