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There is hope for the world’s 48 Javan rhinos, thanks to a team of international rhino conservation groups.
An exciting project to expand the habitat of the world’s only viable population of critically endangered Javan rhinos is moving forward, thanks to a coalition of international rhino conservation organizations.
The new Javan rhino sanctuary next to Ujung Kulon National Park now has an electric fence.
The plan to develop a second habitat for critically endangered Javan rhinos has made significant progress this week with the installation of an electric fence around the new sanctuary and breeding area.
A second critically endangered Javan rhino has been found dead in Indonesia.
Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon Park has lost another of its critically endangered Javan rhinos.
A second critically endangered Javan rhino carcass has been discovered – this time in Indonesia.
The world’s most threatened large mammal species, the Javan rhino, has suffered a second devastating loss: A carcass was discovered last week in Indonesia’s remote Ujung Kulon National Park.
Last month, one of just a handful of Vietnam’s Javan rhinos was [...]
Ujung Kulon National Park is conducting a population survey of critically endangered Javan Rhinos.
A joint team comprised of field workers from the Indonesian Rhino Foundation, Ujung Kulong National Park, and the Bogor Institute of Forestry has mobilized to carry out the Javan rhino population census in the last remaining home of Rhinoceros sondaicus. It is [...]
A camera trap on the island of Borneo has photographed what is believed to be a pregnant Sumatran rhino.
Although only a handful of the Borneo subspecies of the Sumatran rhino still remains, new hope for this species has been discovered: A pregnant Borneo rhino has been captured on film!
According to the Borneo Rhino Alliance, [...]
The International Rhino Foundation announced today that Sumatran rhino, Ratu, has lost her first pregnancy.
The first breeding between captive-born Sumatran rhino Andalas and his Indonesian mate, Ratu, has sadly ended in a loss of the pregnancy. However, rhino experts say that it is not unusual for a rhino to lose her first pregnancy, and captive [...]
Critically endangered Javan rhinos living in Ujung Kulon National Park will soon have more room to roam – and hopefully, breed.
Plans to establish a second habitat for Ujung Kulon’s Javan rhinos are moving forward, and rhino experts are hopeful that the increased area will entice these shy creatures to increase their numbers by 2015.
The current [...]
Fantastic news from Indonesia’s Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary: Ratu is pregnant with Andalas’ calf!
The breeding of Cincinnati Zoo’s captive-born Sumatran rhino, Andalas, with Ratu, a female at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) has resulted in welcome news for critically endangered Sumatran rhinos: Ratu is pregnant!
Andalas’ and Ratu’s calf is expected to arrive in May 2011.
A recent study has revealed that the critically endangered Javan rhino faces even more threats than previously thought.
Today, only around 50 Javan rhinos (Rhinoceros sondaicus) remain inside Indonesia’s Ujung Kulon National Park. And, according to the latest study by the Indonesian Rhino Foundation (YABI), now these rhinos can add food shortages, water scarcity, and the [...]
