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Attempt to Recover Sumatran Rhino Species

Critter News

A breeding program in Malaysia will attempt to breed a rescued Borneo Sumatran rhino in order to save the endangered species. Their numbers are so low that they might drift into extinction if no one does anything," Payne told The Associated Press. Tags: captive breeding rhino asia malaysia.

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The Nonessential Whooping Crane

10,000 Birds

Another 170 are in captivity, many of them breeding stock for reintroduction efforts. What could motivate gunmen (I cannot call them hunters) in two states to deliberately kill North America’s tallest and most critically endangered bird? It may be as sick as deliberately targeting an endangered species for death.

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