Rare Javan Rhinos Caught on Camera
March 2009
Only 60 Javan rhinos are believed to survive and efforts to conserve them are hampered because so little is known about their lifestyles.
But a series of camera traps placed in their last remaining stronghold, the Ujung Kulon National Park on the Indonesian island of Java, is providing researchers with unprecedented access to the animals.
Video courtesy of a partnership between WWF Indonesia, Ujung Kulon NP, International Rhino Foundation and ARP.
Rhinos at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary
The
Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS), a 250-acre complex located within
Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra, Indonesia, is currently home to five rhinos that are part of an intensively managed research and breeding program aimed at increasing the Sumatran rhino population in the wild. At the sanctuary, the rhinos reside in large, open areas where they can experience a natural rain forest habitat while still receiving state-of-the-art veterinary care and nutrition. With the recent addition of Andalas (the first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in more than 112 years!) to the SRS’s population of one male and three female Sumatran rhinos, the SRS is well-poised to breed rhinos in the coming years, and to contribute in a major way to our understanding of the basic biology of the species.
You can help to protect the Sumatran rhino from extinction by "
adopting" a rhino at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary!
Andalas Moves to Indonesia
Earlier this year, International Rhino Foundation program staff planned and oversaw the first major translocation of Andalas, a Sumatran rhino born at the cincinatti Zoo to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Indonesia. Andalas, the first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in over 112 years, was moved from the U.S.to the SRS to facilitate breeding efforts. IRF's Rhino Conservation Medicine program managed the health-care challenges of this international animal relocation. The travel was long for both rhinoceros and accompanying staff with the total time for transfer from loading to unloading of the animalbeing just under 63 hours.
The successful transfer of Andalas was the culmination of an international collaboration between the Los Angeles Zoo, the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry- Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHKA), the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary supported by the Rhino Foundation of Indonesia (RFI)/Yayasan Badak Indonesia (YABI), the Cincinnati Zoo and the International Rhino Foundation.
