Babault, G., 1949. Notes ethologiques sur quelques mammiferes africains. Mammalia 13: 1-16
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On the way to Khartoum, Colonel Barker, Game Warden of Sudan, showed us three bags of horns of white rhinos coming from our neighboring colony. They contained horns of all sizes, some of which came from young animals. He asked us to help him stop the massacre of this interesting animal, which is disappearing. Some efficient measures were taken after our return thanks to the intervention of President Paul Doumer, who at this time directed the meetings of the Naturalists of the Museum. We have unfortunately heard that after a reprise of several years, there was a resumption of illicit trade of rhino horns coming of Abebh? and taken to the Indies. The bags of horns crossed the border before the last war and passed in front of Colonel Barker, unable to stop them. It is a pity that there is no understanding between the French Government and the one of the Egyptian Sudan concerning the passage of the trophies gathered illegally and exported for sale, as the one in force between the Belgian Congo and the neighboring British territory.
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