There are game rangers for the rhino management team to patrol the Kepoh, Juaseh, Sungai jemai, Bekok, and Sungai Jasin areas periodically. However, the effectiveness of curbing encroachment of the extensive region is questionable. The forest is accessible at Kepoh, Juaseh, Sungai Jemai, Bekok and Sungai Jasin by logging roads or jungle tracks. The establishment of the temporary Kepoh Camp can only check poachers on the west side where as the other three points are left to be encroached at any time. Setting up guard posts at Pukin, Bekok and Sungai Jasin and a constant patrolling of the area is essential.
It is the region which forms the watershed between th east and west side of the country, and is the source of four rivers: Sungai Ulu Pukin flowing northwards, Sungai Segamat flowing westwards, Sungai Endau flowing eastwards, Sungai Selai flowing to the south. The forest cover in the region is of Lowland Dipterocarp and merges into Upper Diptrocarp at higher altitudes, but at about 1340 m, rocks and granite edge appear and there is an abrupt change to a zone of Montane Ericaceous Forest.
Under the Wildlife Act of 76.1972, the rhinoceros is totally protected. The penalty for shooting, killing or wounding the animals is M$ 3000 or two years imprisonment.
Malaysia. Rhinos are selective in their feeding habit. They often eat plants like Prunus sp., Ficus sp., Diospyros sp., Lasianthus sp., Macaranga sp. Fruits of cultivated and wild mangifera (macang) were also eaten. During the fruiting season in March 1979, a rhino from the Kepoh area travelled from the forest into the nearby fruit plantation to feed on mangifera fruits. The animal swallowed the whole fruit and on one occasion 10 seeds were found in the dung. Six out of the ten seeds were found to have germinated and were collected and planted near the Seali Camp. The seeds made up about 20% of the total composition of the dung, while 80% weredigested leaves and chewed small branches. The daily amount of food plants and fruits consumed is not known.
Malaysia. Rhinos are selective in their feeding habit. They often eat plants like Prunus sp., Ficus sp., Diospyros sp., Lasianthus sp., Macaranga sp. Fruits of cultivated and wild mangifera (macang) were also eaten. During the fruiting season in March 1979, a rhino from the Kepoh area travelled from the forest into the nearby fruit plantation to feed on mangifera fruits. The animal swallowed the whole fruit and on one occasion 10 seeds were found in the dung. Six out of the ten seeds were found to have germinated and were collected and planted near the Seali Camp. The seeds made up about 20% of the total composition of the dung, while 80% weredigested leaves and chewed small branches. The daily amount of food plants and fruits consumed is not known.
Horn is used as aphrodisiac
