The rhinos would be made to enter semi-captive breeding programs

May 1, 2013 07:11 GMT  ·  By

Sumatran rhinos are presently a critically endangered species, which is why conservationists are desperately trying to up their population.

Following their meeting in Singapore to discuss the need to safeguard this species, high officials in Malaysia and Indonesia have reached the conclusion that, should the former agree to loan some rhinos to the latter, the species might still have a change of survival.

Once borrowed by Indonesia, the rhinos would be made to enter semi-captive breeding programs.

“I will bring to my government for approval whatever I and other Sumatran rhino experts feel are the best recommendations for specific actions,” conservationist Laurentius Ambu of the Sabah Wildlife Department reportedly said.

“If that involves a recommendation to loan rhinos between nations, so be it. This is our very last chance to save the species, and we must get it right this time,” he further argued.