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Guards stop the poachers |
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Anonymous |
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1964 |
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Oryx |
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7 (4) |
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152 |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Status
White Rhino
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<100 Ceratotherium simum. |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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Thanks to their presence in the Ajai's Sanctuary area, where there are between 50-60 white rhino, was completely effective in stopping the poaching there. After the patrols started there was only one serious poaching incident, when 4 men were arrested and later sentenced for tracking a rhino, an... |
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Africa - Eastern Africa - Uganda
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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In the Lomunga GR the position is less satisfactory. Two rhino were killed there last summer, one by a gang of 40-50 poachers, and only 20 remain, scattered over 600 sq.miles which it is impossible to patrol effectively with the men available. It is planned to move as many as possible to the sa... |
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World
Organisations
All Rhino Species
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The Chief Game Warden of Uganda, Mr J.D. Tennant, last year thanked WWF for its help of ? 20,000 grant to save the last white rhino in Uganda. |
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World
Trade
All Rhino Species
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The Investigation Officer of the Uganda Parks covered a great deal of ground on the illegal trophy pipeline between Uganda and Mombasa, and brought 2 cases to the courts in Kenya, in one of which involving rhino horn, the offenders were imprisoned for 4 and 5 years resp. |
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