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Bosi, E.J., 1996. Mating Sumatran rhinoceros at Sepilok Rhino Breeding Centre, Sandakan, Sabah, Malaysia. Pachyderm 21: 24-27, fig. 1, table 1
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Asia - South East Asia - Malaysia - Sarawak |
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Management - Programs |
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Sumatran Rhino |
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In 1985, the State Government of Sabah's Rhino and Wildlife Conservation Committee (SRWCC) established a local capture and breeding programme. The capture programme was activated in 1987 and began with the capture of rhinos that were exposed to poachers due to the loss of their habitat.
The SRWCC, which evolved into a highly trained and efficient capture team, was absorbed into the Wildlife Department Sabah (WDS) when the latter, which was formally the Wildlife Unit of the Forestry Department Sabah, was elevated into a Department under the Ministry of Tourism and Environmental Development, Sabah, in 1988.
In March 1995, Sabah was allocated $411,334 for a 3-year rhino project under the sponsorship of the Global Environmental Facility (GEF) of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP). This funding is mainly for the provision of facilities, manpower and technical support for the protection of this endangered species in situ. It incorporates minimal provision for captive breeding. The Wildlife Department, with the advice of Dr. Tom Foose and Dr. Nico van Strein, decided to activate its own breeding programme in July 1995.
[1995] The Rhino Breeding Centre Sepilok (RBCS) currently has 3/2. The facility is comprised of five individual stalls or pens, a breeding enclosure and a 2.5 acre enclosure. The walls are made from tropical hardwood ('belian').
On 3 July 1995, a female, Gologob, was released into the 2.5 acre enclosure. The 2.5 acre enclosure is part of the 4,300 ha Sepilok Forest Reserve. It took less than two months for Gologob to 'clear' the vegetation. She continued to be given green feeds daily, along with water and a salt lick.
Animals captured, 1987-1995
1987 28 March, male, caught at Linbar, Kinabatangan. Died in pit due to internal injury and respiratory failure
1987 14 July, male, 'Tenegang', died in Sepilok in 1991
1988 24 May, male, died in the pit.
1989 22 April, female, 'Lumparai' - mated 28.10.95
1991 5 May, male, 'Takala', died in Sepilok 8 May 1995 due to tetanus.
1992 27 Aug, male, 'Sidom',
1993 5 June, male, caught at Bulud, Sukau. Radio-tagged and released in Tabin Wildlife Reserve on 30 Nov 1993.
1993 20 July, male, 'Tanjung'
1994 17 June, female, 'Gologob', mated 26.10.95
1995 22 Nov, male, caught at Malbumi Estate, Sukau, arrived in Sepilok on 25 Nov 1995.
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