Catch the Sumatra rhino

Malaysia has just caught a Sumatra rhino at Borneo Island (Malaysia), opening the last chance to save this rare animal at the risk of extinction.

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According to AFP , Borneo Rhino Alliance and Sabah State Wildlife Department captured this rhino and named it Puntung.

Puntung is defined as aged 10-12 years old, being kept in Tabin Wildlife Sanctuary in Sabah, Malaysia.

'This is the last chance to save this rare rhino, and is one of the oldest surviving mammal individuals', Director of Sabah State Wildlife Department, Laurentius Ambu, said. good.

Rhino Puntung is being kept in the Reserve
Tabin wildlife in Sabah, Malaysia. (Photo: AFP)

Puntung has been the target of search since 2010 after a male rhino named Tam, 20, was rescued from a palm forest to get oil in August 2008 to maintain the race.

Director of Borneo Rhino Alliance, Mr. Junaidi Payne said, in the 1980s and 1990s, every effort to maintain the breed of Sumatra rhino failed, but he was optimistic after catching rhino Puntung.

It is known that Malaysia currently has between 150 and 300 Sumatran rhino individuals that exist in nature in Sumatra (Indonesia) island, north of Borneo island.