Together with the Javan Rhino, the Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is the most critically endangered of the rhino species. This rhino species may represent the rainforest relic of a rhino which was once adapted to the open woodlands of the Pleistocene ice ages when sea levels were much lower than now, and Borneo and Sumatra […]
On December 17 2014, BORA participated in Nottingham University’s (Malaysia Campus) Mindset Seminar series. View the presentation titled “The near extinction of the Sumatran Rhinoceros and what needs to be done to prevent the first extinction of a mammal species in Malaysia since 1932” by clicking on this link. Be sure to allow enough time […]
Starting in early 2017, BORA relies on Malaysian governmental funding to sustain its work to care for Tam and Iman (Puntung having passed away on 4 June 2017). The funding allows us to do all the basic tasks necessary, but does not cover engagement with Indonesia, nor maximising the frequency of harvesting sperm and eggs […]
SAN DIEGO – Victoria, a southern white rhino at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, is pregnant. It’s an event of vital importance for a program to bring back her nearly extinct kin, the northern white rhino. The developing baby is also a southern white rhino, conceived on March 22 through artificial insemination. The pregnancy […]
1 Mar 2015, Kota Kinabalu: The Sumatran rhino once browsed the forests in India, Bangladesh, Myanmar, Laos, Thailand, Malaysia, Indonesia, and China. By the mid-20th century, its range and population has drastically shrunk due to forest habitat loss and killing for its horn. The demand for rhino horn stems from the common yet misguided belief […]
An overview of BORA’s work in pictures (click on an image for more information)
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah’s only hope to save its critically endangered Sumatran Rhinos is to have the planned in vitro fertilization (IVF) programme to proceed as soon as possible, or start finding alternative methods. Borneo Rhino Alliance (Bora) executive director Datuk Dr John Payne, who is among those trying to get help from the Indonesian government […]
PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, March 20, 2006 (ENS) – Poaching has reduced Malaysia’s population of Sumatran rhinos to just a small group plus a few individuals clinging to survival in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, according to an extensive field study conducted in 2005. Teams from nine government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and […]
When humans are in the middle of a particular era, whatever we see and think and talk about seems normal, rational and even scientific. So it is with the prevailing human view of wildlife conservation. Human eras are made up largely of prevailing fashions. And fashions are just fashions. How to save endangered wildlife? An […]
Borneo Sumatran rhino Puntung in her temporary enclosure in the Tabin forest. It is hailed as a Christmas miracle which spells hope of survival for the almost extinct Borneo Sumatran rhinoceros. After three years of searching, the Sabah Wildlife Department and the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) have announced that they have captured a young female […]
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry claims there are 63 Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten, West Java, and 100 Sumatran rhinos in Kerinci Seblat National Park between four provinces — Jambi, Bengkulu, West Sumatra and South Sumatra . “As the population of Sumatran rhinos in the wild is reaching critical levels, conservation efforts in Indonesia need to […]
The Star Online, 20 May 2019 KOTA KINABALU: The health of Malaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino is fast fading. Struggle to heal: Tam being cared for by his caretakers at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Sabah Sabah Wildlife Department director Augustine Tuuga said serious concerns were growing over the health of the rhino named […]
26 June 2016, checking the condition of Iman’s uterus and leimyoma tumours prior to oocyte harvest. Left to right, Dr Robert Hermes (IZW sperm specialist), Professor Thomas Hildebrandt (IZW reproductive team leader) and rhino keepr Hassan Sani.
Capturing Sumatran rhinos was one thing. Keeping them alive turned out to be another thing entirely. An article by Jeremy Hance published in Mongabay by 24 SEPTEMBER 2018 An agreement to launch a captive breeding program was brokered in 1984. By 1985, key participants began pulling out, including the Malaysian state of Sabah. Despite the setbacks, efforts […]