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Title: Sand rivers
Author(s): Vigne, L.; Martin, E.B.
Year published: 1998
Journal: Swara
Volume: 20 (6)/ 21 (1)
Pages: 8-11, figs. 1-5
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Location:
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Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1989, < 500
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
1980, perhaps 2000
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Since 1990, very few rhino carcases have been found in the Selous. At Sand Rivers, no rhino has been poached in the area and in 1997 a new calf was born.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Poaching
Black Rhino
Operation Uhai. In 1989, Tanzania launched Operation Uhai, an anti-poaching campaign involving huge government resources to overcome illegal hunting. For first time, Tanzania's armed forces were deployed around the country. 1000 soliders surrounded the
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
Selous has area of 43,626 km?. Recognised by United Nations as World Heritage Site.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
1917, Frederick Courtenay Selous (1851-1917) died in the reserve fighting Germans in the first world war. Selous fell in action less than a dozen miles from the Rufiju during the advance in the rainy season of 1916-17.
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Location:
Subject:
Species:
Africa - Eastern Africa - Tanzania
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
1905-12, created by German government
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