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Thread: Black Rhino in the Karoo ?
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25-06-2020, 11:14 #11
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25-06-2020, 11:40 #12
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Re: Black Rhino in the Karoo ?
There are the reports ( books ) of a number of early explorers / naturalists / hunters & traders
Starting from the days of the VOC
Many / most of these were foreigners
Too many to mention here -- a listing as well as some of the history of these early travellers have been covered in more recent books
It is quite an involved and extensive study on it's own
The early farmers ( trekboers) were mostly unlearned people and left few if any reports
I do not know of any academic studies that have been done on this topic specifically -- the very early history of exploration into the interior of Southern Africa
But yes the area was better watered and was full of game -- all the big five
Unfortunately the Cape Lion / the Quagga / the Bloubok all shot to extinction
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25-06-2020, 13:55 #13
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Re: Black Rhino in the Karoo ?
You could start here
https://www.robertjacobgordon.nl/
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25-06-2020, 14:42 #14
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25-06-2020, 19:13 #15
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Re: Black Rhino in the Karoo ?
Maybe give this book a try...
http://www.rhinoresourcecenter.com/i...&id=1190402681
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26-06-2020, 11:41 #16
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26-06-2020, 11:54 #17
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Re: Black Rhino in the Karoo ?
It doesn't matter where you introduce them, with them comes 2 legged f@ckers with rifles that wants to kill your investment and have no problems killing you also.
If I had a piece of land with suitable habitat I still just wouldn't.
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26-06-2020, 13:12 #18
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