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Reference Base  Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illeg... |
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| Title: |
Rhino poaching in Namibia from 1980 to 1990 and the illegal trade in the horn |
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Martin, E.B. |
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1993 |
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Pachyderm |
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17 |
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39-51, figs. 1-5, tables 1-5 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White rhinos, which numbered 91 in Namibia in 1992 (see Table 4), are allowed to be shot on private land, and on average, one a year is hunted by wealthy foreign clients (see Table 5). The government might think of raising revenue by permitting darting safaris for white rhinos on public land, an... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Etosha was proclaimed a game reserve in 1907 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| White rhinos, which numbered 91 in Namibia in 1992 (see Table 4), are allowed to be shot on private land, and on average, one a year is hunted by wealthy foreign clients (see Table 5). The government might think of raising revenue by permitting darting safaris for white rhinos on public land, an... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The dry regions of Damaraland and Kaokoland together referred to as the Kaokoveld in northwest Namibia are home to the desert black rhinos. Because of the aridity of the area and therefore the general lack of browse, they move long distances for food and water, probably more than any other rhino... |
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Asia - South Asia - Nepal
Culture - Countries
Indian Rhino
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| Nepal. I have never found large pieces of rhino horn for retail sale in Nepal (but I have seen antiques such as bowls carved from rhino horn for sale in the Kathmandu Valley). |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Namibia
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Table 1. estimated number of black rhino in Namibia 1980-1991
North-west Etosha Waterberg Other Total
1980 100 275 0 c.375
1980 100 350 0 450
1982 66 0
1983 65 ... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| Up to late 1987, most of the horns taken from poached rhinos in eastern Africa, over 90% originating in Tanzania, were sent to Burundi from where they were exported to Arabia, especially Dubai. From there, these horns were sent either to Sanaa in Yemen, or to eastern Asia (which will be describe... |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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| The government of Thailand has not yet agreed to carry out a stock-take of rhino products nor has it agreed to initiate a ban on internal trade in all rhino products. The government has done very little at all to alleviate the problem. Rhino horn and skin continue to be brought into the country... |
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World
Value - Related to Horn
All Rhino Species
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| Another strategy for lowering demand is to encourage further the use of substitutes such as saiga antelope horn. An new study, carried out by three scientists from the Department of Biology and the Chinese Medicinal Material Research Centre of the Chinese University of Hong Kong, shows that both... |
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Asia - West Asia - Dubai
Value - Related to Horn
All Rhino Species
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| 1986, Dubai, $500-$700 a kilo of horn |
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