Rare Sumatran Rhino born in Indonesia is a good sign

Rare Sumatran Rhino is considered as one of endangered animals in the world, and a newborn baby Rhino is a a sign of hope to everybody.

May 12 – female rhino named Ratu just gave birth to a calf, located at rhino sanctuary at Lampung, western Sumatra island in Indonesia.

It is celebrated by officials and volunteers after a rare birth happened and were incredibly happy for the two mammals, considering that rhinoceros are one of the most endangered species nowadays.

it is a victory indeed, after rhinos are almost gone because of habitat d3struction and illegal poaching.

Along other officials and volunteers, conservationists also were in tears of joy as the female baby rhino was born in a healthy state.

The rhino is the fifth one of its kind to be born inside a breeding facility.

newborn baby rhino was strongly walking for hours and believed to grew stronger, while being fed with her mother, bonding happily.

Sumatran rhinoceros are severely extreme, believing to only have a hundred existing in the whole world.

Head of International Rhino Foundation, Susie Ellis, said that scarcity of their kind in the wild made the birth “extremely significant”.

She also told AFP: “Every birth counts,”

“One birth doesn’t save the species, but it’s one more Sumatran rhino.”

Body parts and their horns were the main targets of poachers and sell these on the black market with very high prices.

These were being traditionally used by Chinese people in medicine.

Habitats on Sumatra Island are also being d3stroyed because of expansions of paper, palm oil and pulp plantations.

Malaysia also declared their extinction last year.

Distinctive for their twin horns and woolly hair, the remaining few rhinos exist in small groups of 2 to 5 in jungles of Indonesia.

Conservationists are carefully preserving the remaining rhinos from small groups into larger ones, to ensure a longer life span of these species.

It will take for at least six to seven years before the new calf is ready to be mated.

Ellis said: “She seems to be healthy,”

“They come out and they’re so skinny, but she’s started to fill out a little bit today.”

She added: “I burst into tears, because it was just such a special moment and such a joyous occasion.”

See also: Species of Rhino