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 […]
IZW experts Professor Thomas Hildebrandt and Dr Robert Hermes extract eggs from Iman, assisted here by BORA staff Hassan Sani. The 4 July 2018 announcement by Professor Thomas Hildebrandt of Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and his co-workers that embryos of white rhinos have been successfully made in vitro represents one of the […]
After 17 years, researchers finally unlock the mysteries of Sumatran rhino reproduction. An article by Jeremy Hance published in Mongabay on 28 SEPTEMBER 2018 As the 20th century drew to a close the Sumatran rhino captive breeding program, launched in 1984, had yet to produce a single calf. Home to the last two Sumatran rhinos […]
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 […]
CINCINNATI (March 31, 2014) – “Suci”, one of the world’s rare endangered Sumatran rhinos, passed away late on Sunday, March 30. Surrounded by the keepers and veterinary staff who cared for her daily, she died at her home at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The female Sumatran rhino, born at the Cincinnati Zoo in […]
This Short Communication appeared in Oryx 2015. It is jointly authored by Rasmus Gren Havmoller, Junaidi Payne, Widodo Ramono, Susie Ellis, K. Yoganand, Barney Long, Eric Dinerstein, A. Christy Williams, Rudi H. Putra, Jamal Gawi, Bibhab Kumar Talukdar and Neil Burgess. Abstract: The Critically Endangered Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis formerly ranged across Southeast Asia. Hunting […]
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 […]
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 […]
This article has been edited slightly for factual correctness. Puntung enjoying a mud wallow in the safety of her temporary forest paddock days after her capture Today is one of the saddest days we’ve ever faced. As of this morning, Puntung’s suffering has come to an end. She was euthanized just past dawn, ending her […]
Face-to-face with what may be the last of the world’s smallest rhino, the Bornean rhinoceros. Nothing can really prepare a person for coming face-to-face with what may be the last of a species. I had known for a week that I would be fortunate enough to meet Tam. I’d heard stories of his gentle demeanor, […]
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 […]
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 even worse. Perhaps that is because […]
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 […]
A media update from the Sabah Wildlife Department: Wildlife officials and rhino conservationists breathed a big sigh of relief today (19 April 2017) after successful surgery on Puntung, one of only two female Sumatran rhinos still alive in Malaysia. Puntung had been suffering since mid March from an abscess that would not heal despite treatment. […]