Keeping rhinoceroses in captivity is a practice dating back at least 5000 years. However, the rhinoceroses were treated as objects of curiosity or as producers of medicine. Some thirty years ago a growing concern about the survival changed the attitude. All five living species of rhinoceros are mentioned, with details about numbers in the wild and in captivity.
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| Organisation | Werkgroep Pleistocene Zoogdieren |
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K. de Grijp. (1989). Houden wij neushoorns?. Cranium, 6(2), 53–58. |
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