Category: Indonesia

07.16.2016

Part II: A Visit to Ujung Kulon National Park with IRF’s RPUs

Written by Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, IRF Asian Rhino Program Coordinator To read Part I, please click here. On May 5th, we…View Full Release »

07.14.2016

A Visit to Ujung Kulon National Park with IRF’s Rhino Protection Units

Written by Bibhab Kumar Talukdar, IRF’s Asian Rhino Program Coordinator As part of my tasks as Asian Rhino Coordinator of IRF,…View Full Release »

06.14.2016

Showers of Gratitude!

On May 12, Sumatran rhino Ratu delivered a healthy 45-pound female calf at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary! We’d like to…View Full Release »

05.13.2016

Ratu’s calf is learning how to walk.

Two day old Sumatran rhino calf is learning how to walk. She is still a little wobbly! [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2_CFnd_bn7c?rel=0]

03.01.2016

It’s A Rhino! You’re Invited to One of the BIGGEST Baby Showers of the Year

Did you hear? We’re expecting a new rhino calf! Critically Endangered Sumatran rhino, Ratu is pregnant, and she’s due to…View Full Release »

09.24.2015

Happy 20-Year Anniversary, RPUs!

Written by Inov IRF’s Indonesia Liason Twenty years ago, on August 31st, 1995, the first Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) rolled…View Full Release »

09.12.2014

Happy 19th Anniversary to the Javan Rhino Protection Units

Indonesia’s remote Ujung Kulon National Park holds the only viable population of the Critically Endangered Javan rhino. No more than…View Full Release »

04.02.2014

The rarest of the world's five species of rhino

The Javan rhino is the rarest of the world’s five remaining rhino species, having lost most of its Asian tropical…View Full Release »

02.28.2014

Rhino Genetic Survey Training in Indonesia

Genetic analyses of  Sumatran and Javan rhino fecal samples are currently being conducted at the Eijkman Institute in Jakarta, Indonesia.

01.27.2014

Finding evidence of the rare Javan Rhino

Footprint casts from nine rhinos that have responded to habitat restoration efforts in the Javan Rhino Science and Conservation Area…View Full Release »