Articles for Intl Rhino Foundation

When a 21-year-old Sumatran rhinoceros named Emi died last month at the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Garden, the world lost its only such animal that has given birth successfully in captivity.

It is not a flattering photograph but it is a cause for celebration.

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.

Wildlife researchers are tracking three Sumatran rhinos roaming an isolated patch of forest in Sabah’s east coast, hoping to eventually relocate the animals to a conservation area.

Authorities in Lampung have begun evicting thousands of squatters who have inhabited and farmed land inside the Way Kambas National Park (TNWK) for years.

The appearance of "Tam" - the male Bornean Rhinoceros rescued in the east coast of Sabah in August last year - may just signal the 'last desperate call from this dying species', according to a non-governmental organization (NGO) today.

He probably hasn't dated in two decades, but the survival of a species may depend on whether Tam can get lucky soon.

It may sound bizarre, but a rhinoceros has been ordered to have sex in a bid to save its species.

A Sumatran rhino rescued five months ago in Sabah’s east coast now has a more comfortable home thanks to the the efforts of various state authorities and NGOs (non-governmental organisations).

Wildlife experts in Sabah were caught off guard on Aug 5 when a Sumatran rhinoceros ventured out of its forest habitat and made its way into an oil palm estate.

A critically endangered male Sumatran Rhinoceros was rescued and transferred to a wildlife reserve in a two-week operation in the east coast of Sabah.

Scoring a major stride in conservation work for the critically-endangered Sumatran Rhinoceros, the Sabah Wildlife Department (SWD) rescued a bull which was found wandering at a oil palm plantation in Sabah's east coast.

Tuesday was a special day for a very special Cincinnati Zoo baby. Harry, an endangered Sumatran rhino, celebrated his first birthday Tuesday morning at the zoo's Wildlife Canyon. Harry is one of four Sumatran rhinos at the zoo. The Cincinnati Zoo is home to the only four Sumatran rhinos in the United States. There are only nine of these endangered rhinos in captivity worldwide. Harry even had a birthday cake, though not in the traditional sense. Instead, the young rhino's birthday ...

A Sumatran rhinoceros has been photographed in peninsular Malaysia in the first sighting for more than a decade, raising hopes the animal can avoid extinction, a report said on Sunday.

PETALING JAYA, Malaysia, March 20, 2006 (ENS) - Poaching has reduced Malaysia's population of Sumatran rhinos to just a small group plus a few individuals clinging to survival in the state of Sabah on the island of Borneo, according to an extensive field study conducted in 2005. Teams from nine government agencies, nongovernmental organizations and academic institutions were able to find just 13 animals in the state of Sabah. The survey of Sabah's rhinos involved about 120 people in 16 ...