According to environmental officials, a Sumatran rhino has successfully given birth in an Indonesian sanctuary, giving new impetus to conservation efforts for this critically endangered animal.
Posted at 1:36 p.m.
The World Wide Fund for Nature estimates that there are fewer than 80 Sumatran rhinos left in the world, mostly on the Indonesian island of Sumatra and in Borneo.
Rosa gave birth to a female calf on Thursday in Sumatra’s Way Kambas National Park, after suffering eight miscarriages since 2005, when she was brought back from the wild for a breeding program.