Malaysia’s last male Rhino died
29, May 2019
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CONTEXT:
- Malaysia’s last male Sumatran rhinoceros died on May 27, dashing efforts to save the critically
- endangered species in the country.
- The rhino, named Tam, was about 30 years old and lived at a wildlife reserve in Sabah state on Borneo island since his capture in 2008.
- Another female rhino, Puntung, died in captivity in 2017.