June 30, 2009 By admin 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 Bornean […]
Borneo Sumatran rhino Puntung in her temporary enclosure in the Tabin forest. By Junaidi Payne (executive director) & Abdul Hamid Ahmad (chairman) BORA, 10 June 2012 The fine article entitled Sex and the single rhinoceros by Henry Nicholls (Nature, Volume 485:566-569, 31 May 2012) provides just the sort of debate that is needed on the […]
November 6, 2006 By admin Rhino horn nothing more than keratin, calcium, and melanin confirms research: Scientists Crack Rhino Horn Riddle By Lisa Forster, Ohio University Press Release, November 6, 2006 Rhinoceros horns have long been objects of mythological beliefs. Some cultures prize them for their supposed magical or medicinal qualities. Others have used them […]
Borneo Sumatran rhino Puntung in her temporary enclosure in the Tabin forest. By Junaidi Payne (executive director) & Abdul Hamid Ahmad (chairman) BORA, 10 June 2012 The fine article entitled Sex and the single rhinoceros by Henry Nicholls (Nature, Volume 485:566-569, 31 May 2012) provides just the sort of debate that is needed on the […]
March 26, 2012 By admin Watch highlights of a video feature on BORA’s activities to rescue Borneo’s Sumatran Rhinos from extinction. The video is in Bahasa Malaysia and is used with permission from RTM. March 26, 2012 By admin Click on the links below to see images from the successful operation to capture Puntung and […]
December 30, 2011 By admin Borneo Sumatran rhino Puntung in her temporary enclosure in the Tabin forest. It is hailed as a Christmas miracle which spells hope of survival for the almost extinct Borneo Sumatran rhinoceros. After three years of searching, the Sabah Wildlife Department and the Borneo Rhino Alliance (BORA) have announced that they […]
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 University Press Read the full article. […]
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 […]
December 16, 2010 By admin Dr Laurentius (centre) presenting mementos to Dr Heribent By LARRY RAILON-Daily Express, 23 November 2010 Kota Kinabalu: The world’s attention will be on the Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary in Lahad Datu for the next 12 months or so to witness an attempt to breed the Sumatran rhinoceros – the world’s most […]
July 9, 2010 By leap BORA and Sabah Wildlife Department patrol team in Tabin Wildlife Department BORA staff in action.
April 20, 2010 By admin By RUBEN SARIO, The Star, 19 April 2010 KOTA KINABALU: Wildlife experts here remain hopeful about the future of the highly endangered Sumatran rhino following a rare picture of a 20-year-old female that is believed to be pregnant. The picture of the female rhino was captured by remote camera trap […]
February 18, 2010 By admin March 17 2009 saw LEAP helping to organise another groundbreaking conservation fundraising event with its partner organisation, BORA. A ‘RHINO RESCUE LUNCH’ was held at a leading hotel in Kota Kinabalu. The Guest of Honour was the Sabah Minister of Tourism, Culture and Environment, Datuk Masidi Manjun and over 70 […]
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, […]
September 6, 2009 By admin 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 three […]