Sumatran Rhino news thread

Think thylacine now and how the "theorists" maintain in earnest after nearly 75 years the species still "exists" without any documented trustworthy visual observations. What most of us as yet seem to forget we already live in our future past with the extinction threats a reality for a majority of wild animal and plant life and we require a change of our mind set from lamenting it, talking about it to changed behaviour in terms of us living on this Planet amongst so many other species and in so varied habitats and environments. Not Knowledge, but Action and Passion make that change. Just ask yourselves what can I bring to the table, that is doable, comes naturally to me and is part of that change and I can sustain that till the problem is fixed.

 

Well said ! We do collectively need a paradigm shift from words to deeds.

 

I'm thinking about China, Vietnam, and the Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle.

~Thylo

 

Just saw this video on youtube and thought I would share.



Wouldn't it be amazing to get so close to a wild Sumatran rhino ?

 

Yes, that is another good example of this problem but unfortunately this phenomena isn't limited to South-East Asia and there are numerous other examples of this occurring in Africa and Latin America too.

I think it really underscores the need for the inclusion of social science into conservation interventions to improve efficacy and (if this is even possible) to avoid these problems from emerging in the first place.

 

Is this a genuine wild rhino- or one of the 'tame' ones in Way Kambas? Surely a wild one would bolt on the first whiff of human scent?

 

It has to be. At first I thought, wow, look at that, he's filming a wild Sumatran rhino, then it was 'wait a minute'... I know he's filmed wild Javan rhino before so though this was similar, but it can't be..

 

I have no idea. I thought the same myself which is why I was so suprised by the video.

 

Article about the urgency to undertake action ! :

Letter to the Editor: The Sumatran rhinoceros conservation to be classified a status of emergency and a protocol applied accordingly | Focusing on Wildlife

 

Thanks for sharing !

 

A little positive news :

Genetic study offers good news for endangered Sumatran rhinoceros

 

That really is good news and as good news is always hard to come by with this species its awesome.

 

Good news, indeed, though it means very little if fragmented populations cannot be brought together NOW.

~Thylo

 

Has there been any updates on that plan to bring wild rhinos into a protected area?

 

seeing reports on social media of a sumatran rhino birth at Way Kambas.

It’s a girl: Super rare Sumatran rhino born in captive-breeding center

"The female rhino was born March 24 at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park in Sumatra’s Lampung province, according to a statement from Indonesia’s environment ministry. The calf is the offspring of Andatu, a male born at the sanctuary in 2012, and Rosa, a female captured from the wild in 2005. The ministry has yet to announce the name of the newborn." Source Above

 

This is excellent news, both that Rosa has finally carried a calf fullterm and given birth, and that the calf is female. (Another male would just add to the close relatedness of all the males they already have). I wonder if her pregnancies have been conceived naturally or by A.I. though...

They do now desperately really need an unrelated male to breed with 'Delilah', born in 2016, so she is already eight years old now, and for this new baby when she is mature in a few years time. And why has her mother Ratu not had another calf after two born just four years apart?

 

Good news, really good news in fact!

It just shows if we keep trying we can sometimes succeed and those involved will have learnt much from this for the future already.

 

A female Sumatran Rhinoceros was born at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary in Way Kambas National Park, Indonesia. The calf has not been named yet. Her father is Andatu and her mother is Rosa. This is amazing news for the species!
https://phys.org/news/2022-03-rare-birth-sumatran-rhino-endangered.html

 

Great news that its a little girl hopefully she will become a breeding female herself