Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) No. 613555-A, a non-governmental organization operating as a non-profit company assists Government of Sabah through Sabah Wildlife Department in managing Sumatran rhinos, including development of advanced reproductive technology (ART) to help preserve endangered species. BORA seeks qualified candidates for the following positions, all two years contract, with the possibility to extend, […]
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 […]
Click on the link to read or download the PDF document 2017 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Annual Report BRS Jan – Dec 2017 2016 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Annual Report BRS Jan – Dec 2016 2015 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Six-monthly Report BRS July – Dec 2015 (English version) Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Six-monthly Report Jan – June 2015 […]
General Rhino Facts about thinos from the Asian Rhino Project Herbivores All rhinoceros are herbivores – that is, they eat only plant material. Some primarily eat grass (grazers), some eat mostly leaves and branches (browsers) while others feed on a mixture of both. Perissodactyls Rhinoceros belong to the perissodactyl family of ‘ungulates’ (hoofed animals) indicating […]
I REFER to the article “Puntung to be put to sleep” by Stephanie Lee (The Star, May 30). I am deeply concerned about the fate of “Puntung”, the Sumatran rhino, and of her species in Malaysia generally. I am of the view that breeding programmes ought to be planned with the cooperation and assistance of […]
The seemingly “disastrous” story of the world’s most endangered mammal – the northern white rhino – could be rewritten by IVF, scientists claim. They used the method to produce rhino embryos with sperm from two dead males. The embryos were made using eggs from a closely related sub-species, but the scientists say the method could […]
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For Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA), the deaths of the last native rhinos in Malaysia has prompted us to consider our next steps. This process has forced us to contemplate all that we have worked towards over these past years and the remarkable support we have received in our mission to save the Sumatran Rhino in […]
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 […]
Historic Press Release from Sabah Wildlife Department Kota Kinabalu, 23rd August, 2008: The Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) successfully completed a two week long rescue operation of a single male from the critically endangered Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis harrissoni) subspecies. The Sumatran Rhinoceros, recognised as being on the brink of extinction, was found wandering at an […]
KOTA KINABALU: Puntung, one of three remaining Sumatran rhinos in Malaysia which was reported to be critically-ill last month, is recovering following surgery this morning. Sabah Wildlife department director Augustine Tuuga said the female rhino underwent a two-and-a-half hour operation to extract two molars and a premolar from the upper left side of her jaw, […]
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 […]
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 […]
Almost a decade ago, Andalas’s birth at the Cincinnati Zoo was cause for much celebration. It offered hope that individuals in captivity could help to replenish the numbers of this critically endangered species. Since then, Andalas has gone from strength to strength. In 2007, it was time at last to return to Sumatra to do what […]