British zoo returns rhino<\/p>\n
BANDAR LAMPUNG, Lampung: A two-horned Sumatran rhino
\n(Dicerorhinus sumatranus), which has been living in London's
\nHawlett Zoo for the past 11 years, has been returned to its
\nhabitat at the Way Kambas National Park in Lampung, South
\nSumatra.<\/p>\n
The rhino arrived at Jakarta's Soekarno-Hatta International
\nAirport last Wednesday and was taken directly to Way Kambas early
\nThursday, head of the Tanjungkarang Natural Resources
\nConservation Center, Harjanto Wahju Sukotjo, was quoted by Antara
\nas saying yesterday.<\/p>\n
The male rhino was the first to be returned under a program to
\nrepatriate the endangered animal from Britain. The program was
\norganized by the center in cooperation with the International
\nRhino Foundation.<\/p>\n
A number of rhinos are awaiting repatriation, including two
\nfemale rhinos from the Indonesian Safari Garden in Cisarua,
\nBogor, West Java province and the Ragunan Zoo in Jakarta.<\/p>\n
The national parks' rhino center had prepared at least 10
\nspecial cages for the rhinos that will be returned.<\/p>\n
The foundation will return one rhino from Britain, three from
\nthe United States and two from Germany.<\/p>\n
The rhinos were sent abroad in a trial program to breed them
\noutside their habitat. But after several years, the program
\nproved to be unsuccessful and the rhinos are now being returned
\nto their habitat to enable them to breed there.<\/p>\n
Between 100 to 150 rhinos can be found in Sumatra, 12 to 15 of
\nwhich are in Lampung. Seventy to 100 rhinos can be found in the
\nMalaysian peninsula, and 50 to 70 more in Sabah, East Malaysia.<\/p>\n
A small population of the Javanese rhino (Rhinoceros
\nsundaicus), which is almost extinct, can be found at the Ujung
\nKulon National Park in West Java.<\/p>",
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