By Tan Cheng Li, The Star, 2 June 2014 Mistakes of the past have cost us many rhinos. Now’s the time to learn from the errors. Between 1984 and 1995, a total of 22 Sumatran rhinos were captured in Peninsular Malaysia and Sabah for a captive breeding project. Except for one which was already pregnant […]
October 19, 2013 by Justine Vaz The Rhino Cup, in partnership with Borneo Rhino Alliance (Bora), aims to raise a minimum of RM100,000 towards the cost of building the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary in Danum Valley. Aside from the Polo Tournament, the event will feature a bazaar and live music from Blastique, Victor Trixter and a-marQ […]
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 […]
November 11, 2013 by Justine Vaz 3 October 2013 At a meeting of the five Asian Rhino range states – Bhutan, India, Indonesia, Malaysia and Nepal – a common action plan was agreed today with the aim of increasing the populations of Asian Rhino species by at least 3% annually by 2020. This agreement, called […]
From left to right – Cynthia Ong, Dr Junaidi Payne, Dr Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Dr Isabelle Lackman, Lonia Adam, Audra Webber and Reynold BORA, until late 2008 known as SOS Rhino Borneo, is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad – Chairman, and […]
From left to right – Cynthia Ong, Dr Junaidi Payne, Dr Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Dr Isabelle Lackman, Lonia Adam, Audra Webber and Reynold BORA, until late 2008 known as SOS Rhino Borneo, is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad – Chairman, and […]
December 19, 2012 by Justine Vaz JAKARTA, 11 December 2012. The aim to work together to save this rhino species which is nearing extinction was further cemented during a recent visit to the Way Kambas National Park Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Lampung Province, Sumatra in Indonesia. Globally, there are only 11 live Sumatran rhinos […]
October 19, 2013 by Justine Vaz by Kathleen A. Michael, The Star Online Precious pair: Tabin Wildlife Reserve currently houses a fertile male rhinoceros, Tam, and a sub-fertile female rhinoceros, Puntung. THE Sumatran rhinoceros once thrived throughout South-East Asia but the species is now confined to the islands of Borneo and Sumatera. Today, they are […]
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 […]
July 9, 2010 by leap BORA and Sabah Wildlife Department patrol team in Tabin Wildlife Department BORA staff in action.
January 28, 2010 by Justine Vaz A rhino “caught” on video was subsequently caught in real life, having walked out of the forest into an oil palm plantation, from which it refused to return to the forest. This rhino, a mature male named Kretam, or Tam for short, was enticed into a crate and moved […]
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 […]
From left to right – Cynthia Ong, Dr Junaidi Payne, Dr Abdul Hamid Ahmad, Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, Dr Isabelle Lackman, Lonia Adam, Audra Webber and Reynold BORA, until late 2008 known as SOS Rhino Borneo, is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. Dr. Abdul Hamid Ahmad – Chairman, and […]
October 2, 2012 by Justine Vaz Animal care: Veterinarians Dr Hildebrand, Dr Robert Hermes and Borneo Rhinoceros Alliance’s Dr Zainal Abdul Hamid (standing) doing an ultrasound on Puntung. By Ruben Sario KOTA KINABALU: A team of veterinarians is treating a female rhino in the east coast Lahad Datu district in the hope that the animal […]