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Table 4 Summary of animals shot as part of tsetse control measures in Fort Jameson District (1956-1961)

From: Sleeping sickness and its relationship with development and biodiversity conservation in the Luangwa Valley, Zambia

Species

Year

Total

1956

1957

1958

1959

1960

1961

Buffalo

51

46

57

58

27

28

267

Bushbuck

-

-

-

10

40

24

74

Bushpig

24

41

58

97

68

41

329

Duiker

-

-

-

40

133

210

383

Eland

20

31

26

36

12

8

133

Elephant

-

-

-

7

16

33

56

Grysbok

-

-

-

-

-

3

3

Hartebeest

8

21

25

17

-

-

71

Impala

1

2

-

5

-

-

8

Kudu

45

36

40

76

81

65

343

Oribi

-

-

-

-

2

4

6

Reedbuck

-

-

-

1

8

7

16

Rhinoceros

-

-

-

-

1

-

1

Roan

26

23

61

66

52

51

279

Sable

9

15

2

-

1

1

28

Warthog

57

100

139

186

97

112

691

Waterbuck

-

-

1

-

1

-

2

Zebra

13

27

20

26

-

-

86

Total

254

342

429

625

539

587

2776

  1. Adapted from Clarke (1964) [47].