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The decline of elephant and black rhinoceros in Ethiopia

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

M. J. Largen  and
D. W. Yalden
M. J. Largen
Affiliation:
Liverpool Museum, William Brown Street, Liverpool L3 8EN, UK (formerly Department of Biology, University of Addis Ababa).
D. W. Yalden
Affiliation:
Department of Zoology, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PL, UK.
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From the authors' review of the mammals of Ethiopia, undertaken during the last 14 years, it is clear that Ethiopia's elephants and rhinoceroses have suffered massive declines since the beginning of the century. There are perhaps 9000 elephants left, but poaching for ivory and agricultural encroachment continue to threaten them, and only a few rhinoceroses still survive. Ethiopia has limited resources to protect these remaining animals, and needs help and encouragement from outside its boundaries.

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Oryx , Volume 21 , Issue 2 , April 1987 , pp. 103 - 106
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Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1987

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