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http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...ran-rhino-spotted-indonesian-borneo/82199538/

Conservationists recently captured a live Sumatran rhino in Indonesian Borneo, marking the first time in 40 years researchers have made contact with the critically endangered species, the World Wildlife Foundation said on Tuesday.

The Sumatran rhino was believed to be extinct until 2013, when World Wildlife Fund researchers found rhino tracks and later captured an picture of one on a trap camera, the World Wildlife Fund said in a statement.

There are fewer than 100 Sumatran rhinos living in the wild, according to the organization.

On March 12, a female Sumatran rhino was captured in a pit trap. She is being held in a temporary enclosure and will be transported to a protect forest area, where she will be used to begin a breeding program, Pak Efransjah, CEO WWF-Indonesia said in a statement.

“This is a race against time for rhino conservation," Efransjah said. "Providing a safe home is the only hope for the the survival of the Sumatran rhino for many generations to come."

Although they are still large, Sumatran rhinos are the smallest of the living rhinos, according to WWF. They also have two horns, which sets them apart from other Asian rhinos.

 

[Skellig Gra]

Noble beast, really cool looking.

 

[Admiral Woofington]

Man who would ever want to hurt the rhinos. They're cool as fuck.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Oh wow


Why does it look 2 inches tall for some reason tho?

 

[Mariolee]

My family is from Sumatra, so basically that rhino and I are like brothers.

 

[Dai Kaiju]

Oh wow


Why does it look 2 inches tall for some reason tho?

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest species of rhino.

 

[Anoregon]

Very cool that they are still kicking, I hope the breeding program is successful.

 

[Foffy]

Man who would ever want to hurt the rhinos. They're cool as fuck.

Idiots who want their horns because lolsupermedicine.

You'd figure they'd at least let them be grown and cultivated faster than it takes the shitheads who kill them haphazardly, but their buffoonery exceeds even basic boundaries of logic.

 

[mcarlie]

Won't they need at least one more for a breeding program?

 

[NoblesseOblige]

Looks like a toy. Picture in the OP that is.

 

[Woody Invincible]

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest species of rhino.

I'd love to house a mini-rhino family in my backyard.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Sumatran rhinos are the smallest species of rhino.

I now wish there were tiny Rhinos, like a foot tall or so.

Besides this

 

[M52B28]

Who here wants to take a trip and go hunt it with me?

😞 Humanity.

 

[Ray Wonder]

Who here wants to take a trip and go hunt it with me?
Humanity.

A lot of those hunting trips are carefully selected to make sure they find an animal that would be better off dead, and are necessary to fund the organizations that keep these animals safe. Like if there's a troublemaker Rhino that's killing others, or if there's one that older. They weigh the pros and cons of killing the animal vs how beneficial the money from the hunting license would be.

 

[zeemumu]

Who here wants to take a trip and go hunt it with me?

😞 Humanity.

 

[JoeNut]

A lot of those hunting trips are carefully selected to make sure they find an animal that would be better off dead, and are necessary to fund the organizations that keep these animals safe. Like if there's a troublemaker Rhino that's killing others, or if there's one that older. They weigh the pros and cons of killing the animal vs how beneficial the money from the hunting license would be.

so basically you're pro killing endangered species?

 

[OfficerRaichu15]

I swear what's with dumbasses killing animals like this.
They lucky the dinos aren't eating them.

 

[Mineshaft_Gap]

Now THAT'S a trophy of a lifetime!

/AmericanDentist

 

[Ray Wonder]

so basically you're pro killing endangered species?

Yeah, sure, if it benefits the other members of that endangered species more than hunting one hurts them. The world's not always black and white.

 

[gwarm01]

so basically you're pro killing endangered species?

Is this really what you took from that post?