“Operation Sumatran Rhino: Mission Critical” is a new National Geographic Wild documentary which chronicles Malaysia’s foremost rhino scientists in their incredible quest to save this critically endangered species. The documentary premiered at the 2016 Wildlife Conservation Film Festival (WCFF) on August 24 2016. In October 2016, a very special screening of the “Operation Sumatran Rhino” […]
KOTA KINABALU, 22 March 2014: Sabah wildlife researchers are hopeful that three Sumatran rhinoceros now in captivity at a reserve will help save the species from extinction. Sabah Wildlife Department director Datuk Dr Laurentius Ambu said they were examining the latest captive, a female Sumatran rhino recently translocated to the reserve to join two other […]
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 calves, Andalas (2001), Suci (2004) […]
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 devices set up jointly by […]
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 hope for this extremely rare subspecies. […]
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 battle against squamous cell cancer. It was one of […]
by Basten Gokkon in Mongabay on 16 October 2019 JAKARTA — A recent effort by scientists to produce a Sumatran rhino embryo using egg and sperm samples taken from the last of the species in Malaysia has failed, according to officials. Those involved in the attempt had previously cautioned that there was a low chance of success, […]
24 May 2014. Iman under general anesthesia. Professor Thomas Hildebrandt (green work coat, IZW reproductive team leader), and Dr Robert Hermes (IZW sperm specialist) prepare for egg harvest, watched by Italian in vitro specialist Professor Cesare Galli (standing). Meanwhile (left) Dr Frank Goeritz and Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin take the opportunity the make a thorough […]
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 rhino whose range is increasingly […]
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 mate and reproduce in the 90s […]
The Ministry of Environment and Forestry claims there are 63 Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park in Banten, West Java, and 100 Sumatran rhinos in Kerinci Seblat National Park between four provinces — Jambi, Bengkulu, West Sumatra and South Sumatra . “As the population of Sumatran rhinos in the wild is reaching critical levels, conservation efforts in Indonesia need to […]
The Star online by Stephanie Lee, 30 September 2019 Prof Hildebrandt and his team from the Leibniz Institute of Zoo and Wildlife Research in Berlin performing the delicate procedure to harvest egg cells from Iman, Malaysia’s last surviving Sumatran Rhino KOTA KINABALU: A single egg cell – that is all that scientists managed to harvest […]
An article by Basten Gokkon published in Mongabay on 10 October 2018 Indonesia says a long-awaited program to breed Sumatran rhinos through IVF has been postponed, citing the lack of viable eggs from a female rhino in Malaysia. The news becomes the latest setback in the years-long saga between the two countries, with some conservationists in […]
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 people participated, with representatives from […]