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 […]
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 extinction, was found wandering at an […]
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. […]
Three of Malaysia’s endangered large mammal species are experiencing contrasting futures. Populations of the Sumatran rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) have dwindled to critically low numbers in Peninsular Malaysia (current estimates need to be revised) and the state of Sabah (less than 40 individuals estimated). In the latter region, a bold intervention involving the translocation of isolated […]
Jul 09 2010 BORA and Sabah Wildlife Department patrol team in Tabin Wildlife Department BORA staff in action. Written by leap · Categorized: Galleries · Tagged: Rhino conservation, Rhino Protection Unit, RPU, Sime Darby Foundation, Sumatran rhino
3rd March 2010 Sime Darby Auto Connection Sdn Bhd Branch Manager, Chris Mojingol (third from left) handing over the three vehicles to Dr Abdul Hamid (second left), with BORA Executive Director Dr Junaidi Payne (far left) and BORA Administration Officer Lonia Adam (second right). A big boost to BORA’s work was made today when three […]
Attempts to breed these three rhinos naturally have proven unsuccessful. Tam’s sperm quality is not ideal. Although Puntung and Iman are still producing eggs, they both have reproductive pathologies that have rendered them unable to bear a foetus. The only way the species can be saved in Malaysia is through advanced reproductive technology (ART) – […]