Talk:Northern White Rhinoceros

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IRF says 5-10 animals remain in the wild but IUCN says only four could be located. This article reports both, giveing priority to the IRF numbers. Which is the better estimate and why? How recently was the IRF population estimate updated and how do they justify the numbers in excess of what was actually found in the latest survey? Verbivorous 03:04, 10 October 2006 (UTC)

It was an aerial survey done over a hostile country. I suppose they are assuming that they missed some. For what it's worth, the reason the translocation from Garamba hasn't occurred yet is because the DRC backed out. I don't think there will be any news articles about that, but it's common knowledge in the rhino community (ie, not citable here). Sheep81 17:24, 24 June 2007 (UTC)