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Title: Rhino's last stand in Africa
Author(s): Chilvers, B.
Year published: 1990
Journal: REF Journal
Volume: 3
Pages: 12-19, figs. 1-3
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World
Management - Programs
Black Rhino
If the ideal of maintaining breeding populations of rhino in the full range of their natural habitats becomes outdated as more African nations teeter on the brink of collapse, can the 183 black rhino in 71 zoo populations around the world guarantee that black rhino will not become extinct? Yes -...
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Africa
Distribution - Poaching
African Rhino Species
When the discussion turned to the record of shocking indifference or sickening corruption of most African governments concerning wildlife, the speakers preferred not to be named: 'Trade bans and treaties are meaningless to corrupt government officials who are above the laws of their own lands and...
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
In theory, Hong Kong stopped imports in February 1979, Japan in November 1980 and Singapore in October 1986, which might explain why the North Yemen market for rhino horn dropped from a peak of 4 tons (or 1500 dead rhinos) in 1980 to about 400 kg per annum since 1986. (In 1982, Yemen prohibited t...
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
World
Trade
All Rhino Species
In theory, Hong Kong stopped imports in February 1979, Japan in November 1980 and Singapore in October 1986, which might explain why the North Yemen market for rhino horn dropped from a peak of 4 tons (or 1500 dead rhinos) in 1980 to about 400 kg per annum since 1986. (In 1982, Yemen prohibited t...
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