Andalas moves to Indonesia

Earlier this year, International Rhino Foundation program staff planned and oversaw the first major translocation of Andalas, a Sumatran rhino born at the cincinatti Zoo to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary (SRS) in Indonesia. Andalas, the first Sumatran rhino born in captivity in over 112 years, was moved from the U.S.to the SRS to facilitate breeding efforts. IRF's Rhino Conservation Medicine program managed the health-care challenges of this international animal relocation. The travel was long for both rhinoceros and accompanying staff with the total time for transfer from loading to unloading of the animal being just under 63 hours.

The successful transfer of Andalas was the culmination of an international collaboration between the Los Angeles Zoo, the Indonesian Ministry of Forestry- Directorate General of Forest Protection and Nature Conservation (PHKA), the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary supported by the Rhino Foundation of Indonesia (RFI)/Yayasan Badak Indonesia (YABI), the Cincinnati Zoo and the International Rhino Foundation.

For more information about sumatran rhinos, visit our website: www.rhinos-irf.org

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