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Reference Base  Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings o... |
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Rhinoceros in South and South West Africa. Proceedings of a Workshop held at Pilanesberg Game Reserve, Bophuthatswana, 15 and 16 February 1984 |
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Mundy, P.J. |
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1984 |
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Johannesburg, Endangered Wildlife Trust |
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pp. 1-25 |
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Asia - West Asia - Yemen
Value - Related to Horn
All Rhino Species
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| North Yemenis also believe that rhino horn can suck out snake poison. |
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World
Taxonomy
Black Rhino
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| The classification of Groves (1967), as to subspecies, will be followed. That is:
Diceros bicornis minor - Zululand, and reintroduced elsewhere
Diceros bicornis bicornis - S.W.A.
Diceros bicornis michaeli - Addo Elephant NP (introduced from Kenya) |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Value - Related to Horn
African Rhino Species
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| 1983, S Africa, The selling price for rhino horn in 1974 was R 28 per kilo; in early 1983 this had escalated to R500. |
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Asia - South Asia - India
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Asian Rhino Species
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| 1983, India, In India, Indian rhino horn sells for $ 9 000 per kilo, and all the animal is used. Yet rhino conservation has been successful until quite recently |
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All Rhino Species
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| Rhino skins are used in the Far East to cure human skin diseases. In southern Africa only one trader has dealt in the skins, which are worth up to $ 3000 each. |
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Trade
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| Rhino horn from southern Africa usually goes to Southeast Asia. |
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Trade
All Rhino Species
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| All of the horn for the North Yemen in the last year or so comes from Khartoum. From July 1983, the price in Khartoum has risen by 40%, and poaching has therefore increased again in East Africa. Some of the authorities in Khartoum and Sanaa are corrupt - dealers simply bribe the Sanaa customs. ... |
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| In the years 1972 - 78 eight tonnes p.a. of rhino horn entered the world market. 40% of which went to North Yemen. Most of the horn was African. The rhino horn in North Yemen is used to make dagger handles and produces 60% wastage in the process. The wastage, as shavings, is exported to Easter... |
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Captive
Captivity - Zoo Records
White Rhino
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| Around 1970 zoos concentrated on white rhinos. Whipsnade and San Diego were sent 44 animals between them. Currently, both American and European zoos are close to saturation point. The white rhino breeds well in captivity, and there are 637 individuals in 207 captive populations.
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Black Rhino
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| Zoos showed very little concern for black rhinos up to the late 1960's, but this changed in the 1970's. Up to 1980 there was a decline in the zoo population, but since then there has been an increase due to births in captivity. Today, there are 71 captive populations of black rhinos around the ... |
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