Malaysia's last known Sumatran rhino dies

[Omaha Steve]

Source: BBC

The Sumatran rhino is now officially extinct in Malaysia, with the death of the last known specimen.

The 25-year-old female named Iman died on Saturday on the island of Borneo, officials say. She had cancer.

Malaysia's last male Sumatran rhino died in May this year.

The Sumatran rhino once roamed across Asia, but has now almost disappeared from the wild, with fewer than 100 animals believed to exist. The species is now critically endangered.

Iman died at 17:35 local time (09:35 GMT) on Saturday, Malaysia's officials said.


The Sumatran rhino is down to fewer than 100 animals

Read more: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-50531208

[Maxheader]

1. A pity..

How thriving a planets species is...determines how humans will survive..or not..

[Hotler]

2. Damn sad.

[pazzyanne]

3. As vanishing species go onto the path extinction,

So will the human race follow. It is just a matter of time.

[Bayard]

4. Some people live to destroy

Wonder how common cancer is in rhinos.