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| Title: |
Spotlight on Sumatra - The rhino's return |
| Author(s): |
Bristow, M.; Foose, T. |
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1997 |
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BBC Wildlife |
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15 (2) February |
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66-69, figs. 1-8 |
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World
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| Reasons for failure to breed Sumatran rhinos in zoos:
1. Failure to provide the exact nutritional balance found in the native habitat.
2. Small size of captive enclosures.
3. Exposure to intense sunlight, which may stress these deep-forest animals. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Distribution - Records
Sumatran Rhino
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| Surrounded by a dead-flat landscape, it is the closest reserve to Jakarta. It has also been heavily logged. Most of the jungle is now regrown ?secondary' forest. Only the swampy heartlands have been unaffected by logging. |
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Asia - South East Asia - Indonesia - Sumatra
Management - Programs
Sumatran Rhino
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| Bulldozers are clearing strips of the reserve and helping dig fence posts for a 1 million breeding and ecotourism reserve for Sumatran rhinos which are due to be repatriated from zoos around the world. The southern Sumatran sanctuary should become the primary captive-breeding centre for the rh... |
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Spotlight on Sumatra - The rhino's return
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