S. African Govt. May Have To Destroy Them South Africa's herd of white rhino, ihe last in the world except for a few on the edge of the Nile in Abyssinia, is threatened with extinct tion, states the "Evening Standard."
The South African herd of about 40 in the Hluhluwe and Umfolozi Reserves may soon be wiped out to make the surrounding countryside fit for a handful of farmers to live in White rhino are expected to stray from the protection of the reserve in increasing numbers now that efforts have been redoubled inside the reserve to fight the tsetse-fly danger.
Already hundreds of fly traps are scattered throughout the reserve. People attending (he fly traps are disturbing the white rhino and inducing him to travel into districts where he will fal a prey to he huntsman's rifle.
Now it is proposed to increase the number of fly traps 10 many thousands, If these fail to kill off the tsetse-fly the Government will be asked again to destroy all the game. including the white rhino.
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