Chapter 1272 Rhino Park
"Of course, don't be timid in doing things. Anyway, fishing people into the bowl first is nothing more than a little extra travel expenses." Ernst finally warned.
Even if they can retain even 10% of this group of people, it will be considered a profit for East Africa. Mo Lin also understands this truth. He said: "Yes, Your Majesty."
The National Defense and Security Administration has done this kind of thing a lot over the years. The most famous one was the rescue of Archduke Ferdinand from Mexico.
It has to be said that this generation of the Habsburg family has a good life span. Both Emperor Franz and his brother Ferdinand are still alive.
Historically, Emperor Franz could no longer hold on at the end of 1916, but now he has served as a stabilizing needle for the Austro-Hungarian Empire. After all, he has not experienced the pain of losing a son or the harsh war situation in his previous life, so his body is always stronger than in his previous life. many.
Archduke Ferdinand of East Africa, Ernst's father-in-law, and former Mexican Emperor Maximilian I, was in better physical condition than Franz.
He was originally younger than Franz, and his life after retirement was much easier than that of Emperor Franz. Now he can still travel around East Africa with the Grand Duchess.
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Lake Malawi.
Lake Malawi Rhino Park.
Archduke Ferdinand: "Is this the Far Eastern rhinoceros you breed?"
The staff of the Rhino Park did not hesitate to introduce to Archduke Ferdinand and his wife: "Yes, Your Excellency, there are currently 82 Sumatran rhinos living in our park. They are one of the only three remaining Far Eastern rhinos. kind."
"The first batch of Sumatran rhinos we introduced was in 1886. At that time, there were only three. Later, 17 more were introduced. Now, all 82 are bred and cultivated in our park."
There are three types of Far Eastern rhinoceros, or Asian rhinoceros, namely Sumatran rhinoceros, Indian rhinoceros and Javan rhinoceros.
As for why they are called Far Eastern rhinos, the main reason is that these three species of rhinos were once distributed in the Far Eastern Empire. Of course, the rhinos in the Far Eastern Empire are basically extinct now, and the number of rhinos in single digits is not enough to support their population breeding.
The staff continued: "The Sumatran rhinoceros introduced into our country mainly comes from the Southeast Asian region, including Vietnam, Siam, the East Indies, and Lanfang Overseas Province."
"Now, our park may be one of the largest living areas for Sumatran rhinos in the world. Due to the killings in recent years and the lack of laws, the number of Sumatran rhinos in the Nanyang region has declined rapidly."
"However, because Lanfang Overseas Province and East Kalimantan are merged into our country, it can at least ensure that the number of Sumatran rhinos and Javan rhinos in our country will not decline too fast."
"We also have seven local rhino breeding centers, covering the only five remaining rhinos in the world. The local white rhinos and black rhinos are more common, with numbers exceeding tens of thousands. And there are three species of Far Eastern rhinos. Our East Africa includes colonial Canada. I'm afraid there aren't even a thousand."
There are two species of rhinos native to East Africa, the white rhinoceros and the black rhinoceros. These are also two species of rhinoceros unique to the African continent, and the distribution areas of these two species of rhinoceros are basically within East Africa.
These two types of rhinos are currently the two most numerous in the world. On the other hand, the living environment of Sumatran rhinos, Javan rhinos, and Indian rhinos is relatively worrying.
Of course, the Indian rhinos in East Africa are obviously not wild, but were introduced from India in the last century and artificially cultivated. The Indian rhinoceros breeding base established in East Africa is in Mozambique.
Princess Charlotte said: "This Sumatran rhinoceros doesn't seem to be much different from our native rhinoceros!" The staff member replied: "Rhinos on the whole look similar, and both Sumatran rhinos and East African rhinos have two horns, but instead the Indian rhinoceros and The Javan rhinoceros has only one horn, so we speculate that the Sumatran rhino may be more closely related to the two species of rhinoceros in East Africa. Of course, some scholars believe that the Sumatran rhino is more closely related to the other two species of Far Eastern rhinoceros. Their views are mainly based on their habitat distribution. Said.”
"Of course, in terms of quantity and size, our native rhinos are superior. The other three species of rhinos were introduced mainly to study the medicinal value of their horns."
“The original introduction of Far Eastern rhinos was led by the original Chinese Medicine Association.”
When East Africa introduced the Far Eastern rhinoceros, there was a small incident, and that was what kind of rhino species the rhino horns used in traditional medicine in the Far Eastern Empire were!
After all, the rhinos in the Far Eastern Empire are basically extinct now. Even if they circulated some prescriptions, the East African Traditional Chinese Medicine Association at that time could not confirm the kind of rhino horns used.
So East Africa simply rounded up the three Far Eastern Empire rhino species. In the last century, although the number of Far Eastern rhinos has been very small, you can still find them by spending a little more money.
This is also very helpless. After all, there is a huge demand for rhino horns all over the world. Countries in the Far East regard rhino horns as good medicine. In Europe, America and Arabia, rare rhino horns are also relatively expensive decorations.
The staff continued: "At the beginning, we established a total of three Sumatran rhino breeding bases, but only the rhino park next to Lake Malawi was successful."
"It is next to Lake Malawi and has mountains to the east, so it is less disturbed by the outside world. Materials are mainly transported by water from Lake Malawi, so it can be isolated from the world. There will be more Sumatran rhinos here in the future."
Although the industry around Lake Malawi is developed, there are still a large number of undeveloped areas, especially in the surrounding mountainous areas.
The environment is similar to that of Sumatran rhino habitats such as Sumatra or Kalimantan. In fact, it can be imagined that Far Eastern rhinos were once widely distributed throughout the Far East and Southeast Asia, so their adaptability is still very strong.
There are actually three main reasons that threaten the survival of Asian rhinos. One is the rhino horn trade, the other is the impact of human development activities, and the last is climate change.
The three situations are obviously the most typical in the Far Eastern Empire. After all, the Far Eastern Empire has been the first to use rhinos as strategic materials since ancient times. Secondly, the Far Eastern Empire has a large population. Finally, the Far Eastern Empire has the greatest climate change.
The reason why the Far Eastern Empire's rhinos were wiped out was only in recent decades. The population of the Far Eastern Empire reached a peak in the Qing Dynasty, and the introduction of firearms made it easier to hunt rhinos, etc.
As for Southeast Asia, India and other regions, the reason why rhinos are still surviving is not that the people in these places are more noble, but that their civilization is too backward.
The small population also means that the living environment of rhinos is less affected. In fact, in the 21st century in the previous life, after the population increased in the Southeast Asian region, the Sumatran rhinos and Javan rhinos were almost extinct. On the contrary, the Indian rhinos have increased from the current number of more than 200. , recovered to nearly four to five thousand heads.
India is a relatively special country. Many large wild animals have not been extinct in India. This should be related to India's religious culture.
Of course, as long as East Africa exists, it is foreseeable that East Africa will long be the country with the largest number of rhinos in the world. There are more than 40,000 native white rhinos in East Africa alone, including the northern white rhino that was extinct in the previous life.
In a previous life, the last northern white rhinoceros became extinct in Kenya, but currently there are thousands of northern white rhinos in East Africa.
Although East Africa used to trade resources such as ivory, leather and rhino horns with other countries in the early days, resulting in large quantities of them, as East Africa shifted to industrial development at the end of the last century, wildlife eradication activities in East Africa began to be restricted.
Of course, the most important point is that after the shift to industrial development, agricultural reclamation activities in East Africa fell into a stage of sluggish growth. The demand for land in East Africa decreased, and along with it, the number of protected areas in East Africa increased.
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