On Monday, May 27th, Malaysian authorities reported reported that the last male Sumatran rhino died on a nature reserve on Borneo island. There are fewer than 100 of the species left in the wild, with only one female remaining in Malaysia. The male, Tam, is thought to have died from old age after he was discovered on a palm oil plantation. Efforts to breed Tam with females of the same species were unsuccessful. Sumatran rhinos once roamed Asia Sumatran rhinos are one of five rhino species,...
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