Officials estimated the age of the male calf at 3-4 months and identified him as the first offspring of a female rhino named Rimbani.
Image courtesy of the Indonesian Ministry of Environment and Forestry. Javan rhino calf spotted on camera trap in Ujung Kulon National Park on April 19, 2021. “I’d like to express my gratitude and appreciation toward every stakeholder that has helped with the conservation of Javan rhinos in Ujung Kulon National Park which is also the pride of the world,” Wiratno, the director-general of conservation at the Indonesian environment ministry, said in statement published Aug. There has been at least one newborn Javan rhino calf recorded every year since 2012, according to the International Rhino Foundation (IRF). The addition of the two Javan rhinos ( Rhinoceros sondaicus) brings the species’ total population to 75 individuals. The calves, a male and a female, were spotted on April 12 and June 9, respectively, by camera traps in Ujung Kulon National Park on the western tip of Indonesia’s Java Island, the species’ last holdout on Earth.
JAKARTA - Indonesian conservation authorities have announced separate sightings of two new Javan rhino calves, extending a trend of stable population growth for the nearly extinct species.
While strict conservation measures have helped stabilize the population, the species still faces other threats from natural disasters, a resurgence in human encroachment, and the risk of contagious disease from livestock herds.The new calves have boosted hopes of stable population growth for the nearly extinct species in its last habitat on Earth.Indonesia has reported the sighting of two Javan rhino calves on different occasions in April and June.
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