Borneo Rhino Alliance Bhd (BORA)

BORA is a non-governmental organisation established as a non-profit company under Malaysian law. It was known as SOS Rhino Borneo until late 2008. We have been carried out surveys in tracking the endangered Sumatran rhino in the wild in Sabah and now we have three Sumatran rhinos in our captivity facilities in Tabin Wildlife Reserve, Lahad Datu. They have been captured from the wild in Sabah in recent years – a male in 2008, and the females in 2011 and in 2014. Both females captured have severe reproductive tract pathology, a result of lack of breeding, in turn a result of no fertile males remaining in the wild. We collaborated with the Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research and associated experts to attempt in removing the gametes and germ cells from living rhinos to try to produce Sumatran rhino embryos in the laboratory. We hope these few remaining rhinos can help prevent the extinction of the species through application of advanced reproductive technology. For more information, please visit our official website. Thank you.