March 22, 2014 by Justine Vaz Danum Valley, 21 March 2014: A rare Sumatran rhino was successfully translocated late afternoon on Friday 21 from a very remote area in Danum Valley, to join a male (Tam) and a female (Puntung) rhinos at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary (BRS) Facilities in Tabin Wildlife Reserve. Named Iman, after […]
December 4, 2010 by Justine Vaz The Sumatran rhinoceros is Malaysia’s rarest and most endangered species. Sabah now has the last known remaining small populations of this species in Malaysia, at Danum Valley and Tabin Wildlife Reserve, both in Lahad Datu District. What needs to be done has already been determined by government. The first […]
February 23, 2014 by Justine Vaz A photo of one of the last Western Black Rhinos Despite being warned again and again, everyone loves to keep on doing the same thing again and again and yet still expect a different result. Daniel Kahneman gives some insights into why individuals make this mistake. Unfortunately, governments are […]
February 18, 2010 by Justine Vaz March 17 2009 saw LEAP helping to organise another groundbreaking conservation fundraising event with its partner organisation, BORA. A ‘RHINO RESCUE LUNCH’ was held at a leading hotel in Kota Kinabalu. The Guest of Honour was the Sabah Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun and over […]
March 29, 2014 by Justine Vaz KOTA KINABALU, 22 March 2014: Sabah wildlife researchers are hopeful that three Sumatran rhinoceros now in captivity at a reserve will help save the species from extinction. Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu said they were examining the latest captive, a female Sumatran rhino recently translocated to […]
The Star, Tuesday February 6, 2007 Though big in size, rhinos are succumbing to pressures inflicted by a much smaller creature – man. Story by TAN CHENG LI HE was Sabah’s last hope to boost the dwindling numbers of Sumatran rhinos. But in a tragic event, Tanjung, the only remaining captive male rhino in the […]
Sumatran Rhino By Daily Express – February 10, 2011 Kota Kinabalu: Sabah is open to all genetic resource banking reproductive possibilities with German and American help as a “desperate measure in desperate times” to save its last Sumatran rhinos from extinction. State Wildlife Director Dr Laurentius Ambu told a gathering of top world rhino propagation […]
By Jaswinder Kler, Borneo Insider, August 21 2013 Masidi Manjun: “As I have said before, I want to do what is right, not what is popular. If we want to prevent that extinction, we have to do something very bold and drastic very quickly. Give me the best possible solution to this enigma”. Datuk Masidi […]
October 25, 2014 by Justine Vaz A Sumatran rhino wallows in a mud bath at Tabin Wildlife Reserve The phrase “doing the same thing again and again, and expecting a different result” applies egregiously to the Sumatran rhinoceros. It is clear that protecting wild populations has failed, and that natural breeding in captivity results in […]
Click on the PDF to read Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report April – June 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report July – September 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report October – November 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report Dec 2010 – Feb 2011 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report […]
March 14, 2014 by Justine Vaz FF the Fly explains the Sabah Rhino Project wildlife conservation programme in a way kids can understand. Deep in the rainforest, FF becomes friends with Tam Tam, one the last Sabah Rhinos. After that, he flies to Berlin and learns how and why Tam Tam and the other members […]
The old-fashioned term “preservation” is used in this Strategic Focus document because all efforts to prevent the extinction of the Sumatran rhinoceros by monitoring and guarding wild rhinos in protected areas (starting 1939 for Taman Negara, 1982 for Danum Valley, 1984 for Tabin Wildlife Reserve, 1993 for Endau Rompin Park) have failed. Wild rhinos have […]
March 22, 2014 by Justine Vaz Images of the female rhino found in Danum Valley and her successful translocation to Tabin Wildlife Reserve where she will join the two other rhinos in residence there. January 2, 2012 by Justine Vaz Some photos of the exciting capture and translocation of Puntung the isolated female rhino to […]
Sabah Wildlife Department and BORA survey the proposed Borneo Rhino Sanctuary site, January 2010 BORA operates by assisting the government of Sabah primarily through Sabah Wildlife Department, the agency legally charged with conserving and managing Sabah’s wildlife. Up to 20 BORA staff are in Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary at any one time working with and/or on […]