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In 2019, the last Sumatran rhino in Malaysia died. Her name was Iman and ever since her capture in 2014, she had been under the care of the Bornean Rhino Alliance (BORA), headed by executive director John Payne in the Malaysian state of Sabah. After her death, Payne, who’d worked on Sumatran rhinos since 1979 […]
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...
KOTA KINABALU: A series of failures in management and poor decision-making are among the key factors that cause the extinction of the Sumatran rhinoceros in Malaysia in 2019.
12/11/20 Mirror photo by Patrick Waksmunski / Blair County native Bill Campbell of Pittsburgh has been selected by AARP, the nonprofit organization for people 50 and older, to receive the 2020 AARP Pennsylvania Andrus Award for Community Service — the association’s most prestigious and visible volunteer award for community service. Named for AARP founder Ethel Percy Andrus, the award recognizes outstanding individuals who are making their communities better in ways that are consistent with AARP’s mission, vision and commitment to volunteer service, and who inspire others to volunt...