The future of the Javan rhino

True enough and I think that holds for quite a few other Museums too- its now an increasing struggle to see some of these former displays anymore. Only Tring remains in all its former glory- at present anyway.
 
Certainly with the trade in rhino horn being what it is museums also have to be one step ahead.

Does anyone know of any good books on Javan and Sumatran rhino?
 
@ Panthera1981 : The best book about the Javan rhino is without any doubt the book 'Mission Nashorn' from R. Schenkel. This Swiss researcher did the first ecological research on the Javan Rhino in the wild from the mid-sixties onwarts. It's written in German and I know it's at least translated in Dutch but don't know if there is an English translation.
It's also out of print but second hand it should be avaible I guess.
 
It doesn't say how long he was there, but patrolling rivers by boat obviously paid off if he had fourteen sightings + camera trap footage- we are normally told they are next to impossible to see. Either he was extremely lucky or they aren't quite so difficult to come across using this method which evidently does not disturb them the same way as hacking through jungle would.. No comment is made of this extraordinary number of sightings. Excellent photos btw, though I hesitate to see why they say they could be the last- hype?- as the rhinos' status is pretty much unchanged I think.
 
Certainly they might be the last if poachers happen to find that finding and getting to the rhinos is easier by boat...... :(
 
TeaLovingDave said:
Certainly they might be the last if poachers happen to find that finding and getting to the rhinos is easier by boat...... :(
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Hell, yes, if its a successful method for a photographer, why not for poachers? I notice every rhino in the photos was immersed in the water/river. More guards/patrols might be needed on the rivers after this perhaps...
 
Excellent photos, the greater the public awareness of this species the better.

Couldn't the Javan authorities make the rhino a species that the community can cherish, be proud of and want to protect?
 
There anywhere with the details of the Sumatran Rhino breeding program in historical context? What zoos had them and what problems did they experience, etc.? I know Cincinatti still has one and I think L. A. had them.

If the numbers rebound a little, I'd like to see at least one of the two species enter a breeding program, if not both, but both species' numbers are too low right now to risk it unless we really had a sure-fire breeding pair of Sumatrans for Cincinatti, since they have experience, but even that is probably too late.

At my most cynical, I'd like to think we can at least save one of the two species.
 
JVM said:
At my most cynical, I'd like to think we can at least save one of the two species.
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And I hope that no Javan or Sumatran rhinos are incinerated after death nowadays, when they became so rare...
Btw what happened to ones that died in Cincinnati?
 
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