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| Title: |
South Africa celebrates rhino successes |
| Author(s): |
Brooks, M. |
| Year published: |
1983 |
| Journal: |
Newsletter of the African Elephant and Rhino Group |
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2 |
| Pages: |
15-16 |
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| File: |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Current population ca. 25. In this way, a total of 135 rhino have been moved from the Zululand Reserves since 1962. Within Natal, the recipients have been Ndumu (15), ltala (23) and Weenen (4); |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Current population ca. 4. In this way, a total of 135 rhino have been moved from the Zululand Reserves since 1962. Within Natal, the recipients have been Ndumu (15), ltala (23) and Weenen (4); |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Status
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis. Current population ca. 60 |
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Location:
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Current population ca. 30. In this way, a total of 135 rhino have been moved from the Zululand Reserves since 1962. Within Natal, the recipients have been Ndumu (15), ltala (23) and Weenen (4); |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
White Rhino
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| translocation policy. No further removals took place until 1977 when it was agreed that a further 20 black rhinos could be made available from Hluhluwe over a 5 year period to large conservation areas within the species former range and where habitat conditions were suitable. In the meantime, w... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| Diceros bicornis . Current population in Huluhluwe-Umfolozi ca. 300 |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| A game count in 1961 produced a population estimate of 300 for Hluhluwe, with densities ranging from 0.6 to 1.7 rhinos/ km?. The same year a population crash occurred in the north-eastern area of the reserve with 46 animals dying over a four month period. These events were reported by Peter Hit... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| The response of the population over this period and the high population density suggested that the carrying capacity had been reached, at least in Hluhluwe, and this prompted the translocation of 20 black rhinos to Kruger National Park in 1971.
In this way, a total of 135 rhino have been moved f... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| At a time when the black rhinoceros is under extreme pressure and declining rapidly over much of its range in Africa, ilt is encouraging to know that in Natal the reverse situation is found. This Province, lying along the north-eastern seaboard of South Africa, contains the active nucleus of the... |
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Africa - Southern Africa - South Africa
Distribution - Records
Black Rhino
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| In this way, a total of 135 rhino have been moved from the Zululand Reserves since 1962. Translocations externally have been limited to Pilanesberg Game Reserve in Bophutatswana (23) and Kruger National Park in the Transvaal (70). |
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South Africa celebrates rhino successes
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