KUALA LUMPUR, March 16 When it comes to the environment, we are often bombarded by the sounds and images of machines clearing trees. Empty plots of jungles or forests that.
AS NOTED by Tuan Roland Nuin (Deputy Director of Sabah Wildlife Department) , after the deaths of rhinos Tam and Iman in 2019, the national Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources requested that my NGO, Borneo Rhino Alliance, or Bora, write a book to explain the background leading to the first extinction of a mammal species in Malaysia.
This was after years of effort to protect the species in the wild and following decades-long efforts to form a captive breeding programme.
I am fortunate to have quite a long background involvement with this rhino species, starting in the 1970s, in both Malaysia and Indonesia.
I spent much time between 1980 and 1986 surveying for the species in eastern Sabah.
The book outlines many aspects of this rhino.
Today I choose just a few points that I feel are most significant.
The real reasons
So why did this rhino species go extinct in Malaysia?
Let me tell you upfront, the extinction has little to d
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KOTA KINABALU: The Borneo Rhino Alliance has rebranded itself to Breeding Our Rare Animals (Bora) as it shifts its focus to conservation of other endangered wildlife following the extinction of the Sumatran rhino in Malaysia.
The non-governmental organisation has pinpointed three species on the critical list in this country, namely the Malayan seladang, Malayan tiger and Bornean banteng.
Bora executive director Datuk Dr John Payne (
pic) said the group s initial focus will be on the Bornean banteng or tembadau , deemed the most endangered wildlife species in Sabah after the rhino extinction. We changed our focus last year. After the last rhino died in Malaysia in November 2019, Bora still has a contractual agreement with the Sabah government to develop advanced reproductive technology as a means to help prevent the extinction of endangered species, he told The Star on Thursday (April 29).