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The Plight of Swayne's Hartebeest

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

J. G. Lewis  and
R. T. Wilson
J. G. Lewis
Affiliation:
Hunting Technical Services Ltd, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Herts.
R. T. Wilson
Affiliation:
Hunting Technical Services Ltd, Elstree Way, Boreham Wood, Herts.
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Abstract

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Swayne's hartebeest, a race found only in Ethiopia, has declined seriously in recent years, and there are now thought to be fewer than 700 left. The main population at Senkele – under 400 in May, 1976 – has to compete for grazing with the domestic animals of the Galla people – 13,000 in the same month. Translocation experiments have not been successful, and the authors, who in late 1975 and 1976 made a study of the situation, believe that, while every effort to establish a reserve in the wild should be made, the threat of extinction is so great that a captive breeding group should be established immediately in a European or North American Zoo.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 13 , Issue 5 , February 1977 , pp. 491 - 494
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1977

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