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At one time black and white rhinos lived in the area of the park. human influence in the twentieth century through settlement, agriculture, and hunting caused the rhino to be all but wiped out. In the 1980's white rhino were reintroduced to Hwange. in the 1990's, in response to severe poaching pressure on the Black Rhino population in the lower Zambezi Valley, an Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ) was declared in the Sinamatella area where maximum protection and security could be offered, into which were relocated rhinos captured in the Zambezi Valley.The White Rhino have unfortunately been wiped out in this region of Zimbabwe.The Black Rhino population in the IPZ was at about 90 animals ten years ago, but the intensified poaching over the last decade saw their numbers reduced to a population of under 10 today. These rhino are dispersed over about 3000 square kilometres of rugged bush, making monitoring difficult.(2015)
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