Malaysia’s last surviving male Sumatran rhino has died, wildlife officials have said, leaving behind only one female in the country and pushing the critically endangered species closer to extinction. Once found as far away as eastern India and throughout Malaysia, the Sumatran rhino has been almost wiped out, according to the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). Wildlife experts estimate that only about 30 to 80 Sumatran rhinos remain in the world, mostly on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and on the Indonesian side of Borneo. Tam’s death puts pressure on the ongoing efforts of conservationists hoping to use in vitro fertilisation to create offspring from Iman and an Indonesian male. “We just have to look after the last remaining rhino.

Source: The Guardian May 27, 2019 17:13 UTC