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Black Rhino Disaster in Tanzania

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Markus Borner
Markus Borner
Affiliation:
Rubondo Island National Park, PO Box 154, Mwanza, Tanzania.
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The black rhino will be exterminated soon in northern Tanzania if poaching is not stopped, says the author, after surveying eight national parks and game reserves, either from the air or on the ground, or both. Tanzania is making great efforts to stop the poaching, but essential equipment is desperately short, and much more outside help is needed.

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Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 1 , May 1981 , pp. 59 - 66
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1981

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