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 […]
By Jaswinder Kler, Borneo Insider, August 21 2013 Masidi Manjun: “As I have said before, I want to do what is right, not what is popular. If we want to prevent that extinction, we have to do something very bold and drastic very quickly. Give me the best possible solution to this enigma”. Datuk Masidi […]
October 25, 2014 by Justine Vaz A Sumatran rhino wallows in a mud bath at Tabin Wildlife Reserve The phrase “doing the same thing again and again, and expecting a different result” applies egregiously to the Sumatran rhinoceros. It is clear that protecting wild populations has failed, and that natural breeding in captivity results in […]
Click on the PDF to read Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report Jan-Mar 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report April – June 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report July – September 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report October – November 2010 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report Dec 2010 – Feb 2011 Borneo Rhino Sanctuary Quarterly Report […]
March 14, 2014 by Justine Vaz 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, one the last Sabah Rhinos. After that, he flies to Berlin and learns how and why Tam Tam and the other members […]
The old-fashioned term “preservation” is used in this Strategic Focus document because all efforts to prevent the extinction of the Sumatran rhinoceros by monitoring and guarding wild rhinos in protected areas (starting 1939 for Taman Negara, 1982 for Danum Valley, 1984 for Tabin Wildlife Reserve, 1993 for Endau Rompin Park) have failed. Wild rhinos have […]
March 22, 2014 by Justine Vaz 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. January 2, 2012 by Justine Vaz Some photos of the exciting capture and translocation of Puntung the isolated female rhino to […]
Sabah Wildlife Department and BORA survey the proposed Borneo Rhino Sanctuary site, January 2010 BORA operates by assisting the government of Sabah primarily through Sabah Wildlife Department, the agency legally charged with conserving and managing Sabah’s wildlife. Up to 20 BORA staff are in Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary at any one time working with and/or on […]
Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) is a local NGO based in Sabah. Active since the year 2000, and formerly known as SOS Rhino and subsequently SOS Rhino Borneo, BORA provides protection and monitoring of a critical population of Sumatran Rhinos in Tabin Wildlife Reserve in eastern Sabah. The SOS Rhino Borneo team in Tabin forest in […]
Press Release: All-out effort by conservationists to prevent the world’s most endangered rhino species from going extinct LAHAD DATU, SABAH 14 MAY 2014 – The critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceros is still fighting for survival and in the twilight of its existence. However, all is not lost yet, thanks to the ongoing efforts by passionate and […]
BORA is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. Until late 2008 it was known as SOS Rhino Borneo. BORA’s Board of Directors is chaired by Dr Abdul Hamid Ahmad, of the Institute for Tropical Biology and Conservation (ITBC), Universiti Malaysia Sabah. Other members of the Board are Dato’ Dr Dionysius […]
December 28, 2014 by Justine Vaz One of the most endangered animal species anywhere in the world, the existence of the Sumatran rhinoceros is still critical. John Payne, the Executive Director of the Bornean Rhino Alliance (BORA), recently gave an interview at BFM to highlight what needs to be done to prevent the first extinction […]
BORA’s work often involves the need to access remote locations that are not easy to access by road. Erickson Air Crane has played an invaluable role in enabling BORA to send in supplies and men to remote sites in Danum Valley. We are grateful for their generous assistance.
Tabin Wildlife Reserve: The successful capture of a female Sumatran rhino named Iman from a remote part of Danum Valley, and her transfer to Tabin Wildlife Reserve on 21 March, has revealed once and for all that her species is on the very edge of extinction in Malaysia. Excitement mounted amongst the people involved in […]