 | Gajurel, D. 2000 Chitwan Park launches investigation into rhino loss. Zoos Print 15 (2): 16 |
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Indian Rhino
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| Shocked by the fact that 42 one-horned rhinoceros roaming in Royal Chitwan National Park have died in the past 15 months, officials of Nepal's Department of National Parks and Wildlife Conservation (DNPWC) have announced a detailed investigation into the causes of this loss. Preliminary findings... |
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| Sharma, S. 2000 Nepal claims rhino success. Zimbabwe Wildlife 100-101: 7 |
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Indian Rhino
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| There were also reports of growing poaching in two national parks where rhinos live. More than 20% of total rhino deaths is blamed on poaching. Poachers in Nepal face a jail sentence of 15 years and a fine of $7000. |
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| Messer, K. 2000 The poacher's dilemma: the economics of poaching and enforcement. Endangered Species Update 17 (3): 50-56 |
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African Rhino Species
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
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Black Rhino
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| for 1985-1995. A few black rhinos were illegally killed in Tanzania's Ngorongoro Crater and perhaps in the Selous Game Reserve. Traders probably sent the horns directly from East Africa to Yemen where they could receive a higher price than via Sudan. |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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| Early 1996 a ranger killed the last rhinoceros in the south of the Parc de la B?nou?: although implicated by villagers and colleagues, he remains in his post without punishment. |
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| Zecchini, A. 1999 Le rhinoceros noir au Cameroun doit survivre. Courrier de la Nature 179: 34-39, figs. 1-4, map 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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| The three parks and hunting zones represent more than 50% of the protected areas in Cameroon. A hundred people need to patrol these 1.930.000 ha, which is obviously insufficient. The rangers lack all kinds of equipment and incentives. It seems that most poachers are local people, and even the ... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Central African Republic
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African Rhino Species
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| A veterinarian, Richard Kock, who was working in this part of CAR in March and April 1999, reports that large numbers of well-armed hunting gangs of about six men each with camels, horses and don- keys are still entering CAR Most of them are Baggaras from northern Sudan who are traditionally aggr... |
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| Planton, H. 1999 Rhinoceros noir du Nord Ouest de l'Afrique (Diceros bicornis longipes): le compte a rebours continue. Pachyderm 27: 86-100, figs. 1-6, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Western Africa - Cameroon
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Black Rhino
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| In the 1980's, regular acts of poaching made some people very apprehensive. However these acts remained relatively few, were often punished, and the majority of rhinos are in the region of Bouba Ndjida, where the Lamido (traditional chief) reputedly erercises an efficient protection. During the... |
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| Martin, E.B.; Hillman Smith, K. 1999 Entrepots for rhino horn in Khartoum and Cairo threaten Garamba's white rhino population. Pachyderm 27: 76-85, figs. 1-2, photo 1-8, table 1 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Sudan
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White Rhino
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| Recent poaching of Garamba's rhinos. In the 1970s and early 1980s the heaviest commercial poaching of rhinos in Garamba (DRC) and elsewhere in eastern and central Africa occurred (see Figure 2). In 1984 several international conservation organizations established the Garamba Project to rehabilit... |
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| Gough, D. 1999 Survival rests on a knife edge. Guardian, London 1999 April 6: 11, figs. 1-2 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Kenya
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Black Rhino
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| EB Martin said that there had been recent cases of rhino poaching in Masai Mara. |
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