This article which traces the decline of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia in the 20th century and considers the challenges of saving this highly endangered species was published in the 2013 Journal of Indonesian Natural History Vol 1 No 2. It is jointly authored by Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Junaidi Payne and Zainal Zahari Zainuddin. Mud […]
Can a sanctuary in Indonesia keep the world’s most imperiled rhino from extinction? This article by Jeremy Hance appeared in Mongabay on June 19, 2015; visit the site to read the full article here: Bina having breakfast at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary. Photo by: Tiffany Roufs. “One percent of the world’s population,” veterinarian Zulfi Arsan […]
by John Payne Humans are susceptible to the shifting baseline syndrome. We imagine that what we see from our childhood up to today is what is normal … what has been so for a long time, and what will be so for the foreseeable future. This view can be more dangerous to wildlife than poaching […]
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. 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, […]
Borneo Sumatran rhino Puntung in her temporary enclosure in the Tabin forest. By Junaidi Payne (executive director) & Abdul Hamid Ahmad (chairman) BORA, 10 June 2012 The fine article entitled Sex and the single rhinoceros by Henry Nicholls (Nature, Volume 485:566-569, 31 May 2012) provides just the sort of debate that is needed on the […]
The Borneo Post, 20 April 2017 KOTA KINABALU: After a successful dental surgery, Puntung, one of the only two female Sumatran rhinos still alive in Malaysia is showing signs of improvement. She has started eating and wildlife officials and rhino conservationists in the state breathed a big sigh of relief after the surgery by Thai […]
The little-known and smallest member of the rhinoceros family, the Sumatran rhinoceros, is critically endangered. Today between 30 and 100 are isolated on the islands of Sumatra and Borneo in Southeast Asia. In a new study, researchers urge conservationists to translocate the two island groups–representing two subspecies of the Sumatran rhino–and to create a cell […]
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 70 people participated, with representatives from […]
What rhinos occur in the South-east Asian region? There are two species : Javan rhinoceros (scientific name Rhinoceros sondaicus) with one horn, which occurred in Borneo in prehistoric times and survived in Sumatra until the nineteenth century and in Peninsular Malaysia until the twentieth century. Now, the species occurs only in Ujung Kulon National Park […]
This Letter to the Editor appears in Pachyderm: Journal of the African Elephant, African Rhino and Asian Rhino Specialist Groups (Issue 60): June 2018-June 2019. Dear Chair/Editor, This letter represents the views of Borneo Rhino Alliance, a not-for-profit company dedicated to taking all necessary steps to prevent the extinction of the genus Dicerorhinus, and does […]
DNA of northern white rhino — of which only two remain — mixed with that of close subspecies in a bid towards growing population using surrogates. Fatu, one of the last two northern white rhinos, lives in Ol Pejeta Conservancy in Kenya.Credit: Nichole Sobecki/The Washington Post/Getty Researchers have created hybrid rhino embryos as part of […]
Isolated rhinos in fragmented Sabahan forests will be captured and placed in a new rhino sanctuary in a last bid to multiply their numbers. Article by Michael Cheang, The Star, August 18 2009 AS you head into Tabin Wildlife Reserve, there is a massive tree that stands tall and proud beside the road. The tallest […]
Some rhinos in human care don’t reproduce well, which complicates efforts to sustain these important insurance populations. Scientists have worked for years to develop reliable means of artificial reproduction, with limited success. Examples are scarce: A dozen years ago, a southern white rhino was born through artificial insemination in Budapest, and a greater one-horned rhino […]
Land use change has reduced forest habitat in areas in which rhinos traditional range. According to historical records spanning the 19th and 20th Centuries, Bornean rhinos have never been especially numerous. However, in the past few decades, their numbers have declined at an alarming rate due to poaching and habitat loss. The last confirmed Sumatran […]