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Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies |
| Author(s): |
Du Toit, R. |
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1994 |
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pp. 95-99 |
| Reference From: | Penzhorn, B.L. et al. 1994 Proceedings of a symposium on rhinos as game ranch animals. Onderstepoort, Republic of South Africa, 9-10 September 1994, pp. i-iv, 1-242 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The Bubiana Conservancy (1275 km2) and the Save Valley Conservancy (3330 km? ) now have black rhino populations of sufficient size to meet the genetic and demographic criteria for medium-term viability. Other conservancies, such as the Chiredzi River Conservancy and the Midlands Conservancy can... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Major breeding areas. Through direct translocations from State Land, and through redistribution of rhinos on private land during 1993, two relatively large breeding groups have been built up: 39 rhinos in the Save Valley Conservancy (south-east Lowveld) and 44 in the Bubiana Conservancy (West Ni... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Intensive management facilities. These are small properties on which semi-tame rhinos are maintained through artificial feeding. There are two such properties: lmire Game Park (Hwedza area) and Chipangali Wildlife Orphanage (Bulawayo area). The rhinos were hand- raised, foll... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis in Zimbabwe. For the rhinos that survived the initial phase of translocations and release, additional problems have arisen due to either too much fencing or too little fencing. In the Midlands, which received 66 (38%) of the 174 animals moved from state land over the period 198... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Diseases
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis in Zimbabwe. Exposure of a group of rhinos to creosote in a rhino holding facility near Harare, which was constructed of treated poles; this negligence appears to have led to serious liver lesions and to have precipitated haemolytic anaemia crises in at least four rhinos which s... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - Zimbabwe
Translocation - Methods
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis in Zimbabwe. The introduction of the rhinos was accompanied by an unacceptably high mortality rate. Monitoring of the rhinos has not always been adequate, so the stage at which some rhinos died is not known with certainty. However, it appears that the overall mortality rate wi... |
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Management of black rhino in Zimbabwean conservancies
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