KOTA KINABALU: The condition of last surviving Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, Iman is deteriorating as Sabah stares at the total extinction of the species.KOTA KINABALU: The condition of last surviving Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, Iman is deteriorating as Sabah stares at the total extinction of the species.
The the last surviving female Sumatran rhino Iman at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Lahad Datu. - Filepic
The state government is now rushing to sign an agreement with Indonesia that will allow them to collaborate in rhino conservation via scientific methods, in particular getting sperm from healthy Indonesian male rhinos. “The team led by Dr Zainal Zahari Zainuddin, who are looking after Iman in Tabin Wildlife Reserve at Sabah’s east coast, reported that her health is steadily declining.“The problem is that the tumours in her uterus detected soon after her capture in March 2014 have been growing in size since then.
The last IVF attempt using sperm from Tam, the male rhino who died in May whose sperm was frozen, was not successful due to sperm's poor quality, she added.
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