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solonavi 16 September 2008 Endangered & Extinction, Protected Sites 442 views No Comment Print This Post  Email This Post

1st Borneo Rhino caught on camera

WWF

An image of a second wild Borneo rhino has been captured by scientists in Malaysia using a motion-triggered camera.

Only 25-50 Borneo rhinos, a subspecies of the critically endangered Sumatran rhino, are thought to exist. They are found in the interior Heart of Borneo forests of Sabah, Malaysia.

It was just two years ago that the first-ever still photo of a Borneo rhino was captured by WWF, who last year also produced a video using a camera trap showing a male rhino eating, walking to the camera and sniffing the equipment.

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Rhino monitoring and protection efforts are aimed at conserving and boosting the number of Sumatran rhinos in Sabah through prevention of poaching, securing habitat from further degradation and illegal encroachment.

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Last month WWF officials, along with a team of rangers, veterinarians and experts from Sabah Wildlife Department rescued the Borneo rhino that was captured on video last year. It had been found injured and wandering in an oil palm plantation. The rescue operation took nearly two weeks and the animal was then transferred to a reserve.

Only the second-ever still image of a Borneo rhino, captured by Andrew Hearn and Joanna Ross of the Wildlife Conservation Research Unit in the UK
© Ross & Hearn