Census of Plains Animals in the Serengeti National Park, Tanganyika
1960; Wiley; Volume: 24; Issue: 1 Linguagem: Inglês
10.2307/3797353
ISSN1937-2817
AutoresMichael Grzimek, Bernhard Grzimek,
Tópico(s)Ecology and biodiversity studies
ResumoIn mid-1957 the director of the National Parks of Tanganyika, British East Africa, Colonel Peter Molloy, approached us with a request to count the number of large animals in the Serengeti National Park and to establish the extent of their seasonal movements. The Serengeti Park, the only national park in Tanganyika, was created to protect the last great plains animal herds and their habitats throughout their life cycles. In Northwest Tanganyika there are still large concentrations of plains animals, particularly the wildebeest (gnu), zebra, and Thomson's and Grant's gazelles. Presumably, they are the last herds of great magnitude still existing in Africa. Their total numbers were generally considered to be above one million. The government was planning to reduce the size of this national park and change the boundaries on behalf of the Masai natives, chiefly in accordance with the recommendations laid down in the Pear-
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