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| Title: |
Lake Nakuru black rhinoceros sanctuary |
| Author(s): |
Lever, C. |
| Year published: |
1990 |
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Oryx |
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24 (2) |
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90-94, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Lake Nakuru (Figure 1) is a shallow alkaline soda lake 71 km? in extent, bordered on the west by a steep and rugged wall of the Rift Valley, with volcanic cliffs rising to 2743 m, and on the east by a salt-dome hill. The lake is encircled by swamps, and the surrounding land supports an and tran... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| With financial contributions from private individuals and other conservation organizations, generous donations of materials and services from elsewhere, and ?300,000 provided by the Rhino Rescue Charitable Appeal Trust, work was begun on enclosing the 200-sq-km park surrounding the lake and the l... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Translocation - Methods
African Rhino Species
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| When a rhino is shot with a tranquillizing dart, placed in a holding pen and allowed to become settled in its surroundings, it normally becomes accustomed to people looking after it within 3 or 4 days, and after a week can be transported by vehicle to its new home. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Behaviour - Fighting
Black Rhino
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| Black rhinos are not gregarious creatures and problems can arise if populations become too great for a given area. Even when the population is not large, difficulties can arise. Shortly after the rhinos were transferred from Solio to Nakuru, an immature female was attacked and injured by an adu... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
Management
Black Rhino
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| Recently another male, who had killed two white rhinos at Ol Jogi, and had subsequently been de-horned, was translocated to Ngulia, where he in turn was killed by one of the resident rhinos. This unfortunate occurrence adds cogency to the many arguments against the de-horning of rhinos, certain... |
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Lake Nakuru black rhinoceros sanctuary
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