scholarly journals The conservation and protection of the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Zimbabwe

Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
G.H. Tatham ◽  
R.D. Taylor
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Conservation Strategy ◽  
Intelligence Gathering ◽  
Four Dimensions ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
The Government ◽  
Wild Life

Selected Papers from the Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, Skukuza, Kruger National Park,31 August – 4 September 1988 The demise of black rhinoceros populations in Africa is alarming and the overriding cause for the decline is illicit poaching for horn. In 1987 Zimbabwe hosted the largest contiguous population of 500 animals in the Zambezi Valley while the country's overall population is now estimated to be nearly 2 000 individuals. A strategy to conserve and protect the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Zimbabwe requires four dimensions, each dependent directly or indirectly on the other, if success is to be achieved. It includes a positive reaction by the Department of National Parks and Wild Life Management, a national reaction by the government totally committed to the protection of the species, an international reaction requiring support for the stand that Zimbabwe is taking and, finally, a system of intelligence gathering which assists the different authorities in the overall conservation strategy which is being implemented.

scholarly journals The Kruger National Park: Provision of Water for Wild Life

Oryx ◽  
1951 ◽  
Vol 1 (4) ◽  
pp. 187-189
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Dry Season ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Rain Water ◽  
General Fund ◽  
Run Off ◽  
Wild Life

Two years have passed since Colonel J. A. B. Sandenbergh, the Warden of the Kruger National Park, launched a public appeal to provide water for the wild life of the park. Subscriptions were invited for two purposes: the first to provide boreholes so that in the dry season animals could find water within reach of their grazing, the second to form a general fund to build dams to retard the run-off of rain water.

scholarly journals A new species of Tomopterna (Anura: Ranidae) from the Kruger National Park, with notes on related species

Koedoe ◽  
1975 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
N. I. Passmore ◽  
V. C. Carruthers
Keyword(s):  
New Species ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Defence Mechanisms ◽  
Calling Behaviour ◽  
Mating Call ◽  
Mating Calls ◽  
New Form ◽  
A New Species

A new species of Tomoptema, T. krugerensis, sp. n., has been recorded from the Kruger National Park, Republic of South Africa.Morphologically it is very similar to T. delalandei cryptotis (Boulenger) but the mating call is markedly different from that of the other members of the genus and this is coupled with small but consistent morphological differences.T. krugerensis sp. n. is known to occur only on a portion of the western fringe of the vast sandveld areas of Mozambique, but possibly has a much wider distribution. Mating call, calling behaviour, eggs, early development and defence mechanisms are described. The affinities of the new form are discussed and the mating calls of other members of the genus are reviewed. Mating call is again shown to be a sensitive non-morphological taxonomic tool.

scholarly journals Radio transmitter implants in the horns of both the white and the black rhinoceros in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
1991 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
D.J. Pienaar ◽  
A.J. Hall-Martin
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
Radio Transmitter ◽  
Related Difference ◽  
White Rhinoceros ◽  
Radio Transmitters

The procedure for implanting radio transmitters into the horns of white and black rhinoceroses is described. Mean transmitter life in the white rhinoceros was 13,9 months which is significantly longer than the 9,7 months in black rhinoceros. In the white rhinoceros a significant sex-related difference in transmitter life was found with the transmitters in males lasting a mean of 12,1 months compared to the 15,3 months in females.

scholarly journals Elephant population growth in Kruger National Park, South Africa, under a landscape management approach

Koedoe ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 59 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Sam M. Ferreira ◽  
Cathy Greaver ◽  
Chenay Simms
Keyword(s):  
Population Growth ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Landscape Management ◽  
Aerial Survey ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Management Approach ◽  
Intensive Management ◽  
Ecological Processes ◽  
Management Interventions

South African National Parks (SANParks) manage landscapes rather than numbers of elephants (Loxodonta africana) to mitigate the effects that elephants may have on biodiversity, tourism and stakeholder conservation values associated with protected areas. This management philosophy imposes spatial variability of critical resources on elephants. Restoration of such ecological processes through less intensive management predicts a reduction in population growth rates from the eras of intensive management. We collated aerial survey data since 1995 and conducted an aerial total count using a helicopter observation platform during 2015. A minimum of 17 086 elephants were resident in the Kruger National Park (KNP) in 2015, growing at 4.2% per annum over the last generation of elephants (i.e. 12 years), compared to 6.5% annual population growth noted during the intensive management era ending in 1994. This may come from responses of elephants to density and environmental factors manifested through reduced birth rates and increased mortality rates. Authorities should continue to evaluate the demographic responses of elephants to landscape scale interventions directed at restoring the limitation of spatial variance in resource distribution on elephant spatiotemporal dynamics and the consequences that may have for other conservation values.Conservation implications: Conservation managers should continue with surveying elephants in a way that allows the extraction of key variables. Such variables should focus on measures that reflect on how theory predicts elephants should respond to management interventions.

scholarly journals Monitoring and identification of black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Damaraland and the compilation of a population register

Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
M. Britz ◽  
B.C. Loutit
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Reliable Method ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Individual Animal ◽  
Population Register ◽  
Black Rhinoceros

Selected Papers from the Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, Skukuza, Kruger National Park,31 August – 4 September 1988 Identification files for black rhinoceros in Damaraland were begun in 1982. By 1986 almost every individual animal known to occur in the area was listed and documented by means of photographs and relevant data pertaining to individual animals. The maintenance of the identification files is described as are the activities of the monitoring teams. Records show that tracking on foot is the most reliable method of censusing and identifying black rhinoceros in the Damaraland area.

scholarly journals Drugs and dosages for capture and treatment of black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in Namibia

Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P. Morkel
Keyword(s):  
National Park ◽  
Physiological Responses ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Black Rhinoceros

Selected Papers from the Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, Skukuza, Kruger National Park,31 August – 4 September 1988 Darting the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis from the air and from the ground is briefly discussed, as are the relevant drugs used in rhinoceros catching operations in Namibia. The same results will not necessarily be achieved in black rhinoceros populations elsewhere in Africa, being dependant on differences in subspecific taxa, physiological responses and/or parasite loads. Black rhinoceros capture operations must only be undertaken by qualified teams who have the necessary experience and skill.

scholarly journals Clustering Kruger National Park visitors based on interpretation

2016 ◽  
Vol 47 (2) ◽  
pp. 75-88 ◽  
Author(s):  
E. Botha ◽  
M. Saayman ◽  
M. Kruger
Keyword(s):  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Educational Tool ◽  
Segmentation Approach

Interpretation is considered to be an important educational tool that not only addresses visitors’ expectations but also contributes to national parks’ conservation purposes. This study segmented the Kruger National Park’s visitors based on expected interpretation services and revealed four clusters that differed based on their expected and experienced interpretation services as well as their motivational aspects. This study’s distinct contribution is the alternative segmentation approach which revealed the viability of the expected interpretation variable to use for ecotourism segmentation purposes. This study not only assists the Kruger National Park to appropriately address interpretation services but also aids other ecotourism destinations.

scholarly journals Epidemiology and hypothetical transmission cycles of Trichinella infections in the Greater Kruger National Park of South Africa: an example of host-parasite interactions in an environment with minimal human interactions

Parasite ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 27 ◽  
pp. 13
Author(s):  
Louis J. La Grange ◽  
Samson Mukaratirwa
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Protected Areas ◽  
National Parks ◽  
National Park ◽  
Feeding Habits ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Ecological Niches ◽  
Transmission Cycles ◽  
Sub Saharan

Knowledge on the epidemiology, host range and transmission of Trichinella spp. infections in different ecological zones in southern Africa including areas of wildlife-human interface is limited. The majority of reports on Trichinella infections in sub-Saharan Africa were from wildlife resident in protected areas. Elucidation of the epidemiology of the infections and the prediction of hosts involved in the sylvatic cycles within specific ecological niches is critical. Of recent, there have been reports of Trichinella infections in several wildlife species within the Greater Kruger National Park (GKNP) of South Africa, which has prompted the revision and update of published hypothetical transmission cycles including the hypothetical options based previously on the biology and feeding behaviour of wildlife hosts confined to the GKNP. Using data gathered from surveillance studies and reports spanning the period 1964–2019, confirmed transmission cycles and revised hypothesized transmission cycles of three known Trichinella species (T. zimbabwensis, Trichinella T8 and T. nelsoni) are presented. These were formulated based on the epidemiological factors, feeding habits of hosts and prevalence data gathered from the GKNP. We presume that the formulated sylvatic cycles may be extrapolated to similar national parks and wildlife protected areas in sub-Saharan Africa where the same host and parasite species are known to occur. The anecdotal nature of some of the presented data confirms the need for more intense epidemiological surveillance in national parks and wildlife protected areas in the rest of sub-Saharan Africa to unravel the epidemiology of Trichinella infections in these unique and diverse protected landscapes.

scholarly journals The contemporary geomorphology of the Letaba River in the Kruger National Park

Koedoe ◽  
2001 ◽  
Vol 44 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
B.P. Moon ◽  
G.L. Heritage
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
Flow Regime ◽  
Field Observation ◽  
National Park ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
The Other ◽  
Northern Province ◽  
Sediment Delivery ◽  
North East ◽  
Olifants River

The Letaba River drains part of Northern Province in north-east South Africa. Its catchment has been modified significantly by human activity which has affected the flow regime; it experiences only ephemeral flows through the Kruger National Park to its confluence with the Olifants River. Although the Letaba is similar to the other rivers in the Kruger National Park in that it displays some bedrock influenced channel features, increased sediment delivery from the degraded catchment upstream has resulted in extensive alluviation within the channel. Sections of channel flowing over bedrock with no sediment covering are rare, and the river comprises a series of channel types: mixed anastomosing, alluvial braided, mixed pool-rapid and alluvial single thread. Each is characterised by a different combination of morphological units which relate to the degree of alluviation in the channel. These channel types are described in detail and inferences are made concerning their formation and maintenance from field observation and measurement.

scholarly journals Proposed conservation plan for the black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in South Africa, the TBVC* states and Namibia

Koedoe ◽  
1989 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
P.M. Brooks
Keyword(s):  
South Africa ◽  
National Park ◽  
Captive Breeding ◽  
Kruger National Park ◽  
Management Guidelines ◽  
Black Rhinoceros ◽  
African Black ◽  
Conservation Plan ◽  
Conservation Authorities ◽  
The Republic

Selected Papers from the Rhinoceros Conservation Workshop, Skukuza, Kruger National Park,31 August – 4 September 1988 The conservation plan for the black rhinoceros presents specific aims and management guidelines for the conservation of the African black rhinoceros Diceros bicomis in the Republic of South Africa, the TBVC states and Namibia. The adoption of this plan, and the application of the strategies described therein (managing existing populations, establishing new populations and aspects of captive breeding) by the relevant conservation authorities should enhance the survival prospects of this species, both in the region and globally.

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