%A new study that has raised concerns unveils that Sumatran #rhinos have become extinct in #Malaysian jungles.% - http://clapway.com/2015/08/22/rhinos-extinct-malaysia-099/

A new study that has raised concerns unveils that Sumatran rhinos have become extinct in Malaysian jungles. With less than one hundred rhinos present in the Indonesian wildlife and only nine in captivity, their future does not seem that bright, researchers say.

WHAT CAUSED THE SUMATRAN RHINOS’ EXTINCTION?

Scientists reported that the extinction is primarily caused by consistent poaching of rhinos, destruction of natural habitat, and inability of the animals to reproduce within a closely-knit herd. The only rhinos left in the wild are in Indonesia’s Kalimantan and Sumatra. Despite the decades of conservation efforts, the numbers are low and continue to decline.

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According to their study, the separate populations amidst which Indonesian rhinos spread currently number at three and the one of them has experienced a considerable fall in its extent.

“It is vital for the survival of the species that all remaining Sumatran rhinos are viewed as a metapopulation, meaning that all are managed in a single program across national and global borders in order to maximise overall birth rate,” lead author of the study and PhD student, Rasmus Gren Havmøller says. “This includes the individuals now held in captivity.”

PROTECTIVE MEASURES

Researchers have already suggested the creation of ‘management zones’, in which rhinos will be free to move under protection. In April 2013, at the Sumatran Rhino Crisis Summit in Singapore, these ‘management zones’ were proposed as one of the must-do strategies, but this conservation is awaiting political assent.

The researchers note that rhinos are thretened by poachers, who seek out their horns to meet the demand of the Asian black market. As Havmøller said this means that some kind of intervention is needed more than ever because “all known wild and captive populations are in an extinction vortex.”

NEED OF SERIOUS EFFORTS BY THE GOVERNMENT

Since 1984, 45 Sumatran rhinos were taken into the wild, but as of yet only four Sumatran rhinoceroses were born in captivity. Five of the captive rhinos live in Indonesia’s Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, while three more reside in a facility in Malaysia’s Sabah State.

Researchers claim that the government of Indonesia must bolster rhino protection by using measures like Intensive Protection Zone (IPZ), habitat management, captive breeding and an intensive survey of the currently known habitats.

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Malaysia: Horrifying Mass Grave Discovered by Authorities - http://clapway.com/2015/05/24/malaysia-horrifying-mass-grave-discovered-by-authorities123/

Authorities have released the details of a gruesome discovery made in Malaysia in over the weekend. At least 30 mass graves have been located in the Northern State of Perlis which borders Thailand. Graves which contain hundreds of bodies of victims of trafficking in the region. The Victims were a part of seventeen abandoned prisoner camps found nearby. It is believed that the camps were abandoned due to the recent crackdown of illegal trafficking in the region by Thai authorities, leaving the perpetrators to flee for fear of apprehension. This discovery comes at a time when thousands of Rohingya Muslims are traveling from areas near Myanmar to avoid Religious prosecution.

The Migrants hire the smugglers to bring them out of the country, but many times the smugglers take advantage of the Migrants who end up being sold into trafficking by the smugglers.

Nearly 3,000 immigrants have landed in Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia since the ships began to travel with Migrants on board creating a crisis for those countries who refuse to let these boats land in their countries. Prior to the discovery of the graves Malaysia, Thailand, and Indonesia were towing migrant boats back to sea, leaving them the Bay of Bengal and the Andaman Sea for weeks without food or water. Hundreds have died in previous weeks due to exposure and lack of necessities during the arduous escapade. Since the horrific discovery of the graves Thailand has said that it will no longer reject the boats containing immigrants. Malaysia and Indonesia have begun to search for additional boats thought to be traveling to their countries, and have agreed not only to discontinue the practice of towing boats further out to see, but to help provide temporary shelters to the immigrants on board the vessels.

The recent misfortunes of the traveling immigrants are due in large part to the crackdown of trafficking. Typically those fleeing areas near Myanmar would board a vessel, and then once out to sea they board a larger vessel or cargo ship. Migrants follow a path that takes them through Andaman Sea to Ranong, where they continue on foot to Malaysia. The Thai intervention has forced boats to instead favor a path that remains at sea, and leads further south to Indonesia, or more southern parts of Malaysia. This change of course increases their total time at Sea, and the danger of overall journey. This mass grave is particularly horrifying in scale, but hopefully with authority intervention this will be the last of its kind in the region.

Malaysia: Horrifying Mass Grave Discovered by Authorities