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DISTRIBUTION OF LARGER GAME MAMMALS IN TRANSVAAL

some conservationists do not agree with the-introduction of wild animals into habitatswhere thev do not or did not occufnai .uiiy, wher;;-is;J"ooo-i" to re-establish and

keep natwal species. their preserv"tl"" oip"tiat ,oGrv o" iiJt u""rtn"tic valueand the aimsof conservation mav be los^t. Th;-Bl;;t;t-is not an exotic species and its habits are moreor less known. Thirs..where gamel;-G;;;rg; il.t";;;;fiil;Iy

because Blesbok can virtuallyS"farming practice, and

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.LITZ DISTRIBUTION OF LARGER GAME MAMMALS IN TRANSVAAL

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rs are the north-westerir Limpopo

ln the IeClgl, areas of the Komatipoort and Pongola (south of Swaziland) and theKlaserie vliliy

l i.000 in Pilgrim's Rest district. A11 these have become highly cultivaied regions, farms havebeen subdivided and the game consequently reduced.Some artificial dissemination has taken place. Introduction into previouslv unponu-Iated areas has been achieved with some suciess. For instance, in the *"rtet""riaiwlur

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farming activities during the past ten years. The species has almost_vanished inthe Barbertondistriciand numbers aie becoming very low in the Rustenburg, Waterberg, Potgietersrrrst,Soutoansbers and Letaba districti. The "snotsiekte" disease, formerly unknown wh

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cattl6 and th-e eastern Wildebeest mixed, has now become a real danger and someranchersare in favour of exterminating Wildebeest on account of it. A rough estimate ofWildebeestis less than 10,000. (Fig. No. a).

Trnru{ Equus burchellii transvaalensisDistribution remains much as in 1953, with the highest densities in the Pilgrim's Rest,

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:, KETTLITZDISTRIBUTION OF' LARGER GAME MAMMALS IN TRANSVAAL

::nching areas much damage to cultivated crops and many of them are destroyed while causing damage.:rire very low. They seem, however, to hold their own against healy hunting pres

swe, which may be attributed:umber in the to their shyness, speed and wonderful camouflage.

They move about so much from farm to farm that it is difficult to estimate numbers.Fig. No. 5). High figures are recorded in game surveys and censuses, but I doubt whether the total reaches' s strepsiceros the 10,000 mark. (Fig. No. O.

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DISTRIBUTION OF I-ARGER GAME MAMMALS IN TRANSVAAT

Onrnr Ourebia ourebi ourebiThe distribution of this animal is more or less in the eastern highveld, the Ermelo

district having the highest population. Thgv ar.e also found io-trr" MiAa"ib;g;^

rdluot,

Bronkhorst-spruit. and Pretoria districts. On the farm Uitkomst, close to flugeis[orp,there are about 40 which are kept.in a properly fenced reserve una rfu"ipt'ot"Jion."njoy

They occur. on the grassveld in the franwaai although it is known t6at iney'useOio bepresent in the southern lowveld where they have since-disappeared. There ar6 uUiri zSO

Oribi in the province. (Fig. No. l0).

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number is well over 100. These herds were all introduced and are rittr"o ro-irruJin.y -uvbe expected to increase at a faster rate than before. fne noittr-eastern herds are th6 onlyones in the natural state. Most of the others are on fencedfarms and ut" triuiJ rit" d"t"rti"

animals. (Fig. No. 1l).

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The Gemsbok position is very grave and. their total disappearance can hardly bestlpped.on the Langjan Nature Reserve-they have been steadill'^d""..asr.rg marnly because they

were-not.p_roperly fenced. Several attempts have been made to establish u h.iO on-tfr" S. e.Lombard Nature Reserve without success. Apart from those in rnor, tn.i" rr""""fy lS

Gemsbok in the Transvaal. (Fig. No. 1l).

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.. This species is now found in the north-eastern corner of the Trans "^:i,':{t:: .y;;:#::;district and on the Loskopdam Nature Reserve. The lattei were introduced. The future

of those in the wild state is_very uncertain. They still ao the 100 mark and are"ot "*"""a

virtually extinct outside the Kruger National Park and a;rk;pJ;* Reserve. iFig.-N"]rrl"

THs Rrn HaRrnnrrsr Alcelaphus caamq caqma

The Red Hartebeest is also on the downgrad.e" A natural herd in the Marico districtis slowly declining on accoullt of consecutive droughts over the last few y.u.r.-1.n"i"'upsmall herds scattered through _the Rustenburg, Waterberg and Potgietersrust districts.-T.ireherd on the S. A. Lombard Nature Reserve does not seem to do -well. W" *iji,-t-,oweu"r,

endeavour to establish a,h3^r{ olJhe_ Langj.an Nature Reserve. The total nr-t"iin tn"Transvaal does not exceed 200. (Fig. No. il).

Tsnssrsr Damqliscus lunqtis lunatisTsessebe are still scarce in the Transvaal, and new disease factor has made their future

even more doubtful. Since 1953 their numbers have decreased although irr. airfio"ii",

remains more or less the same. They. are sparsely distributed along the uouiOa.ytr tfr" ri"g",National Park from the Shingwedzi arei southwards to the fJt"A" R

iver. Iir;ir;Fil;i"r',Rest district they are scattered on the farms, Fleur d^e Lys, Moriah ;;d B;ff.;jr#i.;";;ng

the highest pop-ulations. Smaller scattered herds are found'in ttre wateruerg poieiJt"rr

-.'* -v!6rv!\

rust districts. There are not more than 500 in the Transvaal. (Fig. N;. ili.o ""?

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irutoclpuot slutozlpuDt7 DuuDzO ado'It[NV arsvs

.(Zt .ol.L .slS) 'OOt poocxe tou ssop le?asusrtr aql ul requnu pelerullse eq; 'perueddsll-p-s?qlcrrtsrp uoiloqref, aql ul proq llerirs eql 'lc-Flslp lse11 s,urtrElJil ?ql uI stursJ oul9s uo quepulsrp Breqr.1n6 .ii"ta1"g fi"X dqi iir uo ieErill ipiifi lerus ieqlo e11q'n 'perzedde

e soi rir umoul ere^e qcrqx\ 6priq eqi go 6urog 'ar'reser pecrsJ ,(1qe1ms e ur

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KETTLITZDISTRIBUTION OF LARGER GAME MAMMALS IN TRANSVAAL

quina equinapursuits. Consequently numbers are dwindling. The distribution remains much as in 1953,

with herds in the Pietersburg, Soutpansberg, Letaba and Pilgrim's Rest districts. A smallly protectedherd (too young to breed) has been taken to Loskopdam but it is not known whether they zdually dis-will become established. It is said that there are still someSable in the New Belgium Block

'berg district

rton district in the Waterberg district, but I have not seen them yet. The totalnumber in the Transvaal:ig. No. 12). does not exceed 800. (Fig. No. 12).

grandicornis Br-ecr Wfi,orsrnsr oR WHITE TeIr,ro GNu Connochaetes gnouagricultural During 1945 there was only one herd of 46 on the farm Heuningkransin the Wol-

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D.DISTRIBUTION OF LARGER GAME MAMMAIJ IN TRANSVAAL

Bunper,o Syncerus caffer cafferSmall herds occur in the eastern Soutpansberg,Letaba and Pilgrim's Rest districts.Occasional infiltrations occuralong the boundary of the Kruger National Park. Buffalodisease in cattle, in the areas where Buffalo occut, makes their existence in th

e Transvaalprecarious. The total number does not exceed 100. (Fig. No. 13).

HrppoporeuusH ipp op o t amus amp hib ius c ap ensis

There are only a few Hippopotami in the western Limpopo. In the eastern Soutpansbergdistrict they occur in the Limpopo, Mutali and Levubu Rivers. In the Letaba district they

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: ihe Pilgrim's:;re Barberton. :le Crocodile---ihe Kruger

.,:,cts they are': River in the

,:::ri there are

--;,trelopardalis.::icts with the

-:nove south-I hqrilrr prre"::.e Sand and:::..ming less,' ihe biggest

3:.imate their::.:r J00 in theFig.No. 14).

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r: :.r inhabited.: :;ke a guess..-"',1!rLt grimmi1:;:ssary bush : :eittres these,.rate of their

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--:'. are slowly:r: lhey do no-:1l3rs cannot

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:-iebeest wereI curnsider the..r the sweet

grassveld, but


The Blesbok seems to thrive anyvhere and has the densest population on sour grassveld.Where artificially introduced into the bushveld and even lowveld areas Blesbok seem toadapt themselves without any difficulty. Tire early introduction (1933) in the northern areawat done by Mr. Percy Fyfe on the farm Lunsklip (Percy Fyfe Nature Reserve). The

seBlesbok were brought from the Free State and were introduced to the only littlespot of sour


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grassveld in the surrounding bushveld (exactly the type of country they prefer).This is aknown heartwater area, but the Blesbok survived and are still doing well. More than 1,000Blesbok have been distributed from this Reserve into the northern bushveld and lowveldarea where thev are asain doins well.

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{. KETTLITZ

: :orthern parts:-ies to Impala,li cleared frome:ronstrate this

. .:lthough it is

,:. but present::s:hetic values.g because they--'r b,v hunters.: 's far as their--..ir1e diseases.

,i r:nin ordinary:.-r-ount of its

The Blesbok

-

--. protection.ee:bok and to,-:re an animals easv to hunt

-1.:e mammals:i':lt point and:"-rrill depend:r Eland have':d are easily

::.: Transvaal.--r COnttnUOUS

:. -1 : 1-205.--: Game in the

::artS of UngUrrfelitionhas-. betu,een the . .'onsiderable:::Lr marginal.-: indigenous:::rinistrations:: respect of

.:;in practical:s. apart fromSrate will be:ri properties"


Possibly the best method of achieving the desired result is to educate farmers to the

potential,ecogomic value of game. In this connection, I wish to suggest that weshould

not too hastily condemn the introduction of game animals into aieas where they arenot known to have existed before. With theexception of the Oribi, I know of no g


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ameanimal whioh is protected by farmers purely for its aesthetic value. But themore pl-asticlld_ad_apta_b-1e animals-.can be p_rofitably farmed in many areas, an example beihg the

Blesbok. With forms like the Kudu, however, which no fence will hold,-the

situitionis more difficuit.

Mr. Grindley.' It has been shown in Tanganyika and elsewhere that a greater weight of meatper unit area can be produced when indigenous ungulates, rathei than doriestic stockare farmed. Could this not be used as an argument in the education of the farming

community?

Dr' Winterbottom: Many farmers say that their endeavours to protect or farm gameanimalshave involved them in losses because ofwidespread poaching.

Dr. Omer-Cooper.:, Others complain that the lawis suih that ihey are not allowedto sellthe meat whioh thev Droduce.

Dr' Bigalke:-Tttiq is piobably the first time that such a comprehensive set of informationon South African ungulates has ever been brought together, and it has shown whereour weak spots are. I suggest that this Society should ask the Provincial Administrations to giv_e further attention to both the farming and conservation of the

se animals, especiallyrare forms. (A resolution to this effect was later adopted at the Annual GeneralMeeting of the Society-Eds.).

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