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Black Rhino |
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Last year a record price of R2,3 million was paid for five black rhino, sold as a single breeding unit, to Dale Parker for his private reserve, Lapalala Wilderness, in the Waterberg of the north- western Transvaal. In buying the five animals, it was a repeat performance for Mr Parker who, two years ago, bought the first group of black rhino ever offered by the Natal Parks Board for sale to private landowners. He paid R2,2 million then, a figure considered astonishing at the time. When a businessman makes a heavy fmancial investment in wild animal breeding stock, he will obviously have a very strong personal interest in managing those animals properly.
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Operation rhino rescue
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