 Reference Base  Reintroduction of black rhino to North Luangwa National P... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zambia |
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Distribution - Status |
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Black Rhino |
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(Status in 1970s) In the early 1970s the Luangwa Valley was home to an estimated population of 4,000-12 000 (Ansell, W.F.H., 1975, Black rhinoceros in Zambia. Oryx, 13, 83-84). The large, unfenced, and under-funded National Parks and Game Management Areas of Zambia were, however, very vulnerable to the wave of poaching that swept over the continent in the late 1970s and the 1980s, and by the early 1990s the majority of Zambia's black rhinos were gone. The IUCN African Rhino Status Survey considered them 'Presumed Nationally Extinct' in 1999, with no confirmed sightings or spoor for over 6 years (Emslie, R. & Brooks, M., 1999, African Rhino. Status Survey and Conservation Action Plan. IUCN/SSC African Rhino Specialist Group. IUCN, Gland, Switzerland & Cambridge, UK).
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