Trypanosomiasis and the conservation of black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) at the Ngulia Rhino Sanctuary, Tsavo West National Park, Kenya

1992 ◽  
Vol 30 (2) ◽  
pp. 103-115 ◽  
Author(s):  
STEVE MIHOK ◽  
ELI MUNYOKI ◽  
ROBERT A. BRETT ◽  
JOHN F. JONYO ◽  
DIETTER RÖTTCHER ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

Observations on the Pathology of Lesions Associated with Stephanofilaria dinniki Round, 1964 from the Black Rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis)

1964 ◽  
Vol 38 (1-2) ◽  
pp. 171-174 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. G. Tremlett
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Made In

In South Africa, a filarioid infestation has been associated with lesions in the skin of the black rhinoceros (Schulz and Kluge, 1960). Similar lesions had been reported earlier from Kenya, as consistently occurring in these animals but their aetiology was unknown (Spinage, 1960). Recently the opportunity occurred to examine lesion material from four black rhinoceros located in the Royal Tsavo National Park Kenya. From this material adult helminths were recovered and identified (Round, 1964), and further pathological studies made. In addition, one rhinoceros showed evidence of an otitis.

scholarly journals Lake Nakuru Black Rhinoceros Sanctuary

Oryx ◽  
1990 ◽  
Vol 24 (2) ◽  
pp. 90-94
Author(s):  
Christopher Lever
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Education Programme ◽  
Lake Nakuru ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

In an attempt to stem the decline of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicornis in Kenya, the Rhino Rescue Charitable Appeal Trust was formed in England in 1985. Within a year work on the first sanctuary, in the Lake Nakuru National Park, had begun. The sanctuary was opened in 1987, when 17 rhinos from Mr Courtland Parfet's private ranch at Solio joined the wo animals already in Nakuru. A further 11 females are due to be added to the park shortly. Rhino Rescue, of which the author is a patron and trustee, is also developing its own education programme, and is contributing to other rhino sanctuaries in Kenya.

scholarly journals Earless Diceros bicornis in the Etosha National Park, Namibia (Perissodactyla: Rhinocerotidae)

2021 ◽  
Vol 51 (1) ◽  
pp. 213-218
Author(s):  
Petr Benda ◽  
Jaroslav Červený ◽  
Seth J. Eiseb ◽  
Marcel Uhrin
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Bilateral Absence

The syndrome of ear pinnae absence was recorded in three individuals of the black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis) among 71 observed (4.2%) in the Etosha National Park, Namibia, during eight visits in 2013–2020. In two cases, the syndrome comprised bilateral absence of the pinna and certain damage of the tail, while in one case, only unilateral lack of the ear pinna was recorded without any damage of the other pinna and tail.

scholarly journals Behaviour and recruitment of translocated black rhinoceros diceros bicornis

Koedoe ◽  
1977 ◽  
Vol 20 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
A.J. Hall-Martin ◽  
L. Penzhorn
Keyword(s):  
Population Density ◽  
National Park ◽  
Late Summer ◽  
High Population ◽  
Calving Interval ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
High Population Density ◽  
Mating Activity ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

Black rhinoceros were translocated to the Addo Ele- phant National Park from Kenya and released into a small fenced enclosure. Serious fighting attributed to the conditions under which the animals were released, the unusually high population density, the meeting of strange animals, aggression associated with mating and individual temperament resulted in the deaths of three animals within three weeks. Later fighting between bulls accounted for two more animals. A peak in mating activity was recorded during spring to mid-summer, followed by a peak calving period in late summer. The calving interval (35 months) is longer than that of unrestricted populations but ages at first mating in cows (4 years 6 months, 4 years 7 months) are comparable. First parturition at Addo occurs later (8 years, 8 years 5 months) than in wild animals and the young are hidden for the first few days after birth. Under conditions of stress a subadult bull readily took to swimming as a means of escaping from other animals.

scholarly journals Castration of a Black Rhinoceros Diceros Bicornis Minor

Koedoe ◽  
1980 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
V De Vos ◽  
H. H Braack
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Drastic Change ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis

A black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis minor) in the Addo Elephant National Park was castrated in order to prevent the possibility of an aotic inducing gene to be introduced into the Addo population. The classic castration technique was used. It was subsequently found that the rhino showed a drastic change in behaviour, and is at this stage predictably timid, which is not the case with his testis carrying compeers.

scholarly journals Post-release ranging behaviour of hand-raised black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, L. in Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe with recommendations for management of introduction to the wild

Koedoe ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 47 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Matipano
Keyword(s):  
Human Activity ◽  
National Park ◽  
Human Settlements ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Ranging Behaviour

Hand-raised rhinos would preferentially settle at sites close to areas where human activity was significant. Hand-raised rhinos that attached themselves to sites of human activity tended to move less widely and to have smaller seasonal ranges than those that moved away from human settlements. These rhinos had no fear of humans and some animals would move along established roads into hostile areas outside the park. These factors made hand-raised rhinos more vulnerable to poaching than their wild counterparts. Management of hand-raised rhinos with regards to ranging behaviour is discussed in the text.

scholarly journals The Black Rhinoceros is brought back to Ruanda

Oryx ◽  
1959 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 96-99
Author(s):  
J. Haezaert
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Ceratotherium Simum ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
White Rhinoceros ◽  
Belgian Congo

Thanks to the protection afforded it by the Belgian Government, the northern race of the white, or square-lipped rhinoceros, Ceratotherium simum cottoni, is increasing in the Garamba National Park of the Belgian Congo. This park was specially created in 1938 to preserve the species, whose numbers there were down to about a hundred individuals. They now probably approach 1,000. But the story of the black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, is very different. Once common in the savannahs of Katanga, but now exterminated there, it used also to exist in the east of Ruanda, notably in what is now the Kagera National Park. So, in 1958, bearing in mind its success with the white rhinoceros, the National Parks of the Belgian Congo decided to try to reintroduce the black rhinoceros into Kagera. This rhinoceros is still not rare in some parts of Tanganyika Territory, especially in Karagwe district, but that country is separated from the Kagera Park in Ruanda by the River Kagera itself.

scholarly journals A comparison of woody browse selection by hand-raised, boma-adapted and wild black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, L. in Matusadona National Park, Zimbabwe

Koedoe ◽  
2003 ◽  
Vol 46 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Matipano
Keyword(s):  
Home Range ◽  
Feeding Behaviour ◽  
National Park ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Wet Season ◽  
Habitat Types ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Diceros Bicornis ◽  
Browse Species ◽  
Dry Seasons

Differences in woody browse selection between hand-raised (and subsequently released), boma-adapted and wild black rhinoceros, Diceros bicornis, L. were studied in Matusadona National Park between December 1999 and July 2000. Boma-adapted rhinoceros were animals that were subjected to hand-raising and were kept in bomas (enclosures) over night. The feeding behaviour was different between the three rhinoceros groups. All rhinoceros groups utilised and selected for a few browse species in common, at different preference levels in the same habitat types according to season. Wild rhinoceroses browsed most in Colophospermum-Terminalia-Combretum woodland in the wet season and in thicket in the dry season. Hand-raised rhinoceroses browsed most in Colophospermum-Terminalia-Combretum woodland and boma-adated rhinos in thickets in both the wet and the early dry seasons. Hand-raised and bomaadapted rhinos changed their habitats less for browse selection than wild rhinos. This can be ascribed to a relative restriction of home range in the hand-raised group and a herding effect for the boma-adapted animals. These situations might have accounted for differences in seasonal browse selection by the rhinoceros groups.

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