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Title: Survey of African rhinoceroses: Report [to IUCN, African Rhino Specialist Group]
Author(s): Klingel, H.
Year published: 1979
Publisher: Report, cyclostyled
Volume: -
Pages: pp. 1-9
File: View PDF: 423,1 kb
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Categories and original text of this Reference:

Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Malawi
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
Counts in 1975 and 1978 gave number of 5-10 animals.
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Mozambique
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
Succesful reintroduction into Manhoca Region, estimated in 1979 to be 20.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Southern Africa - Angola
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Black rhino occurred in the south in 1941 but were already rare. They may have become extinct in the meantime.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Black rhino in the recent past only occurred in Katanga (Shaba) province, and they may have become extinct by now.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
Shambe Game Reserve, rough estimate of 1977 was several hundred white rhino.
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
Poaching has been serious during the last 8 years and with an increasing tendency.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Poaching serious and increasing.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Poaching pressure is serious and increasing in the north, and this may indicate that horns are smuggled to Kenya.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
Distribution - Poaching
White Rhino
No recent information, but poaching is a serious threat to the remaining rhinos. Horns were smuggled to Uganda and offered to tourists (own experience).
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Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Ethiopia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Stephenson in 1978 gave a rough estimate of up to 10 black rhinos.for southern border area.
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