DOI: 10.5176/2251-1938_ORS54
Authors: John Hearne and Joe Apaloo
Abstract:
Black rhinoceros populations declined alarmingly over the last century. With twelve African countries losing their entire black rhino populations conservationists developed a plan to grow the South African population to 2000 in as short a time as possible. This was to be achieved by removing animals from the high-density population in the Umfolozi-Hluhluwe Game Reserve. These animals would be translocated to new reserves where resources are more abundant. This reduction in intra-specific competition would result in faster growth rates. The success of the plan requires the cooperation of the managers of the source population but there is a tension between their objectives and the proponents of translocation. In this paper we attempt to provide possible compromise solutions that deal with the objectives of both parties.
Keywords: bi-objectives, simulation, conservation, black rhino, translocation
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