{"id":15884,"date":"2023-10-19T11:52:41","date_gmt":"2023-10-19T10:52:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/?p=15884"},"modified":"2025-02-24T11:34:30","modified_gmt":"2025-02-24T11:34:30","slug":"special-27kg-delivery-in-way-kambas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/explorersagainstextinction.co.uk\/blog\/special-27kg-delivery-in-way-kambas\/","title":{"rendered":"Sumatran Rhinos: Special 27kg delivery in Way Kambas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/hubble-live-assets.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com\/eae\/image_asset\/file\/470\/content_Ratu-ed-web-768x511.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Sumatran rhinos are one of five species of rhino worldwide. There are thought to be fewer than 50 remaining in the wild and they are listed as&nbsp;<strong>Critically Endangered<\/strong>&nbsp;by the IUCN.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>With so few wild rhino,&nbsp;and many quite old now and not in the peak of reproductive health, along with fragmented habitat,&nbsp;the probability of breeding individuals finding each other and succesfully raising young&nbsp;is very slim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Way Kambas National Park, Sumatra Indonesia, an important conservation breeding programme has provided hope about the future of the species.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The sanctuary was established in 1996 on a&nbsp;250 acre site offering a&nbsp;<strong>natural rainforest environment<\/strong>. In 2019 the sanctuary expanded into Way Kambas National Park.&nbsp;The rhino are carefully monitored and&nbsp;receive state-of-the-art veterinary care and nutrition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four rhino have been born at the sanctuary to date, bringing the total number of Sumatran rhino living in the forest to nine.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Captive breeding programmes are never the first choice.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Only 7 Sumatran rhino have been conceived and born in captivity worldwide. The other three&nbsp;were born at Cincinnati Zoo in the US in&nbsp;2001, 2004 and 2007.Two of these now live at SRS. This is not for lack of trying &#8211; there have been failed attempts, with tragic consequences. In&nbsp;Malaysia a breeding programme concluded with&nbsp;all&nbsp;14 rhino dying.&nbsp;&nbsp;This&nbsp;emphasises how challenging breeding programmes are, and how&nbsp;important research and knowledge-sharing is. The breeding&nbsp;programme at the&nbsp;Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary is vital to securing a future&nbsp;for the species and shows how given space and security they can thrive.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The last calf to be born at the sanctuary was just last year, in&nbsp;March,&nbsp;to first-time mother Rosa. Rosa&#8217;s road to motherhood was not straightforward.&nbsp;After eight failed pregnanices, the birth of her calf was seen as a huge success.&nbsp;&nbsp;Rosa was translocated from&nbsp;Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park after she developed a habit of wandering into the local villages and is was decided that she would be&nbsp;better protected living at the sanctuary.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The latest arrival was born 30 September to experienced mother Ratu. Ratu herself was&nbsp;born in neighbouring Way Kambas National Park more than 20 years ago. Her third calf&nbsp;is a young female &#8211;&nbsp;a sister for Andatu (2012) and Delilah (2016). She is as yet unnamed. We look forward to bringing you updates and hope for a healthy future for the little one and her family.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Images:&nbsp;courtesy of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry and Way Kambas NP.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul>\n<li><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sumatran rhinos are one of five species of rhino worldwide. 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