Death, tumors harm efforts to save rare rhinos

Death, tumors harm efforts to save rare rhinos
Washington (AFP) April 04, 2014 - Efforts to save critically endangered Sumatran rhinoceroses were dealt a double blow this week with the death of one animal at a US zoo and the discovery of reproductive tumors in another. There are just 100 Sumatran rhinos left in the wild in their native lands of Indonesia and Malaysia, and nine are held in captivity for breeding purposes. The lumbering creatures have dwindled rapidly ... more

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