The Star, February 6, 2007 Story by TAN CHENG LI CAPTIVE breeding of Sumatran rhinos holds much promise but has so far turned out to be a costly exercise with many false starts. The rhino enclosure at the Sepilok Orang Utan Sanctuary – attempts at getting captive rhinos to mate and reproduce in the 90s […]
Mongabay has published two articles on Sumatran rhino which summarise nicely the story of attempts to save the genus from extinction. Wisely, the articles leave out the doomed attempts (still supported by many conservationists) to keep these rhinos in the wild, knowing that each scattered sub-population was and is too small to ensure survival. Part […]
The Sumatran Rhino is the smallest of all rhino species. They have been around for millions of years, but their time might be coming to an end. Today, there are less than 100 of these critically endangered rhinos left. In Malaysia, we have spent decades desperately working to save this species. Despite countless attempts to […]
Three of Malaysia’s endangered large mammal species are experiencing contrasting futures. Populations of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) have dwindled to critically low numbers in Peninsular Malaysia (current estimates need to be revised) and the state of Sabah (less than 40 individuals estimated). In the latter region, a bold intervention involving the translocation of isolated […]
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 […]
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 […]
Puntung was a 20-year-old female rhino weighing about 520 kg. Puntung is the Malay word for ‘stub’, an apt name as she lacked a front left foot. It is likely that it was torn off in a hunter’s snare trap when she was an infant. Against all odds, the damaged leg was able to heal. […]
BERNAMA June 30, 2009 LAHAD DATU, June 30 (Bernama) — The Sime Darby Foundation (SDF) and Sabah government will set up a sanctuary in the Tabin Forest Reserve for sumatran rhinos to protect the wildlife from extinction. The Borneo Rhino Sanctuary will provide a safe refuge for the endangered Bornean rhino whose range is increasingly […]
The Daily Express, 1 June 2017 Kuala Lumpur: Yayasan Sime Darby (YSD) Chairman Tun Musa Hitam said the terminal condition faced by Puntung should be a lesson to all of the dire straits the Sumatran rhinoceros faces. “After spending so much time and funding to conserve the Sumatran rhinoceros since 2009, I regret that it […]
Tam at the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary, 2016 BORA Filepic By JASON BITTEL published May 27, 2019 on National Geographic Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros, Tam, has died—a serious blow for the critically endangered species, which is already extinct in the country. Discovered poking around an oil palm plantation in 2008, Tam was captured and transferred to the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in […]
The untold story of two days in Singapore that launched a wildly ambitious, and calamitous, captive breeding program. An article by BY JEREMY HANCE was published on Mongabay on 20 SEPTEMBER 2018 Part 1 of a four article series. A 1984 agreement between zoos, conservationists and government officials marked the formal beginning of an international program that […]
By Sujadi Siswo, Channelnewsasia JAKARTA, 11 December 2012: There is a ray of light at the end of the tunnel for the conservation of the almost extinct Sumatran rhinos. In collaboration with non-governmental organisations, enhanced cooperation and joint efforts are being considered by relevant authorities in Malaysia and Indonesia to increase the remaining tiny rhino […]
BORA was recently featured in the Helping Hand segment of Hawaii Public Radio. The interview aired on 23 February 2018 and was hosted by Dave Lawrence. You can listen to the podcast from this link. See more videos on the Borneo Rhino Alliance Channel On December 17 2014, BORA participated in Nottingham University’s (Malaysia Campus) […]
South China Morning Post, 27 May 2019 The last male Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia has died of old age, dashing efforts to save the critically endangered species in the country. Tam the rhino, who was in his 30s, lived at a wildlife reserve in Sabah state on Borneo island since his capture in 2008, according to Christina […]