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African Rhino Specialist Group report
/ Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d'Afrique

Authors

  • Mike Knight WWF KAZA Lead, WWF in Namibia, Windhoek, Namibia; Nelson Mandela University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa 6031

Abstract

Updated poaching statistics for 2019 are listed in Table 1. Encouragingly overall reported (minimum) poaching levels have continued to decline to 2.09 a day.  This represents a 43.5% decline since peak levels in 2015. Since the last edition of Pachyderm was published we have learned about another 2 southern white rhino that were poached in the DR Congo in 2018 that increases the revised 2018 total by 2.

 

 

Cover caption: "Tim" (1970–2020), one of the last remaining iconic "tusker" elephants in Kenya died of natural causes in Amboseli National Park in February 2020, aged 50. Tim whose tusks swept the ground was well-known and much-photographed earning significant revenue for the Kenya Wildlife Service from tourism. © Ryan Wilkie

Published

2020-10-08

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How to Cite

Knight, M. (2020). African Rhino Specialist Group report
/ Rapport du Groupe de Spécialistes du Rhinocéros d’Afrique. Pachyderm, 61, 23-42. Retrieved from https://pachydermjournal.org/index.php/pachyderm/article/view/67

Issue

Vol. 61 (2020): Pachyderm

Section

Chair Reports