June 3, 2011 by Justine Vaz sumatran-rhino sumatran-rhino Now or never: what will it take to save the Sumatran rhinoceros Dicerorhinus sumatrensis from extinction? -Abdul Wahab Ahmad Zafir, Junaidi Payne, Azlan Mohamed, Ching Fong Lau, Dionysius Shankar Kumar Sharma, Raymond Alfred, Amirtharaj Christy Williams, Senthival Nathan, Widodos Ramono and Gopalasamy Reuben Clements. Copyright notice: Cambridge […]
November 15, 2011 by Justine Vaz The recent news of the extinction of the Javan rhinoceros on mainland Asia, with the death by poaching of the last remaining female in Vietnam in 2010, prompts us to draw attention to two implications for Malaysia. Firstly, this same kind of rhino went extinct in Malaysia in the […]
January 28, 2010 by Justine Vaz Together with the Javan Rhino, the Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) is the most critically endangered of the rhino species. This rhino species may represent the rainforest relic of a rhino which was once adapted to the open woodlands of the Pleistocene ice ages when sea levels were much lower […]
June 30, 2009 by Justine Vaz 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 […]
December 26, 2008 by Justine Vaz 26 Dec 2008, Associated Press A male rhinoceros recently rescued on the edge of Borneo’s rain forest is expected to become the first participant of a Malaysian breeding program for his critically endangered ilk, a wildlife expert said Wednesday. The roughly 20-year-old Borneo Sumatran rhino, nicknamed “Tam,” was found […]
February 6, 2007 by Justine Vaz 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 […]
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 […]
January 28, 2010 by Justine Vaz 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 […]
September 6, 2009 by Justine Vaz CINCINNATI, OH (September 6, 2009) – “Emi”, the world’s most famous endangered Sumatran rhino, passed away yesterday morning at the age of 21 at her home at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden. The female Sumatran rhino lived at the Cincinnati Zoo for the past 14 years and produced […]
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 […]
January 28, 2010 by Justine Vaz 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 […]
August 18, 2009 by Justine Vaz Story by RHISHJA LARSON Published on www.ecolocalizer.com, August 18th, 2009 Tam can roam in the knowledge that he is safe from poachers in the rhino sanctuary. An initiative to transport lone Borneo rhinos to a secure central location – where they can interact with other rhinos – could mean […]
March 20, 2006 by Justine Vaz PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, March 20, 2006 (ENS) – Poaching has reduced Malaysia’s population of Sumatran rhinos to just a small group plus a few individuals clinging to survival in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, according to an extensive field study conducted in 2005. Teams from […]
August 9, 2010 by Justine Vaz Prof. Madya Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad (centre) presenting a souvenir, a pewter rhino, to Y.Bhg. Brig. Gen Prof. Datuk Seri Panglima Dr. Kamaruzaman Hj Ampon,Vice-Chancellor of UMS while Dr. Junaidi Payne looks on. Universiti Malaysia Sabah (UMS) will continue to support efforts to prevent the extinction of Malaysia’s most […]