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Sumatran Rhino news thread

Discussion in 'Wildlife & Nature Conservation' started by Moebelle, 31 Mar 2014.

  1. Coelacanth18

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    If they don’t consolidate the remaining animals into one location, the species will almost definitely go extinct. In the present situation, none of those populations are viable; from what Haerudin says, it appears they have all been on the decline for a while and are not going to recover on their own.
     
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    What about the Northern Sumatran Rhino (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis lasiotis)? Burma (now Myanmar) has been closed off for many years and there were rumors that some still might survive inside Tamanthi Wildlife Reserve in the northern part of the country.
     
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    That is quite interesting. It is very sad though, I hope we can possibly save this species..
     
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    The story about the rhino having cancer shows why museums are Noah's Arks of lost genes: the longer into the decline of a species, the worse its genetic state is likely to be. Risk of cancer has a hereditary component, and cloning a sick rhino will not preserve or de-extinct the species in the long run. Maybe aDNA from subfossil rhinos will be more valuable still, though it needs patching up with DNA from living or museum rhinos. Of course you can patch up Iman's DNA to remove bad genes if you were cloning her, assuming such a gene can be identified.
     
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    I have just seen this interesting commentary about the initial attempts to start the Sumatran rhinoceros breeding programme and why it was so unsuccessful at first.

    A herd of dead rhinos
     
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    Very interesting indeed!

    The article mentions that 2 UK zoos were originally part of the program. Port Lympne was one but who was the other?
     
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    Sad is that once zoos learned how to keep Sumatran Rhinos, this knowledge stays forever. But there is no more drive to keep rhinos in zoos...
     
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    There has been a second article released about how the Sumatran rhino breeding programme saw its first success in Cincinnati and all the work that went into it. Just as interesting as the previous article, I think.

    The great rhino U-turn
     
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    I think it may be referring to Port Lympne and its sister park Howletts, rather than any seperate zoo. Only Port Lympne had them of course.
     
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    Can somebody provide a list of all currently living Sumatran Rhinos: captive ones individually, and wild ones as a reserve, number of individuals and source?
     
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