A video camera shows Helen, a baby Javan rhino, in the Ujung Kulon National Park in Indonesia's Banten province (Photo: Antara) Hanoi (VNA) – Two extremelyrare Javan rhinoceros calves have been spotted in an Indonesian national park,boosting hopes for the future of one of the world’s most endangered mammals.
The rhino calves—a female named Helen andmale called Luther—were seen with their mothers in footage taken from nearly100 camera traps installed in Ujung Kulon national park between March andAugust, authorities said in a recent statement.
After years of population decline, thearrival of the new calves brings the total number of the rare mammals to 74.
These births bring a big hope for thecontinuation of the life of the critically endangered special Javan rhino, saidWiratno, a senior official at the Indonesian Ministry of Environment andForestry.
On the westernmost tip of Java in Bantenprovince, Ujung Kulon is the last remaining wild habitat for Javan rhinos. Thesanctuary comprises some 5,100 hectares of lush rainforest and freshwater streams.
The Indonesian government has beensurveying other areas across Java and Sumatra islands to relocate the rhinosfrom the danger of Mount Krakatau, an active volcano not far from the nationalpark.
The mammals once numbered in the thousandsacross Southeast Asia, but have been hard hit by rampant poaching and humanencroachment on their habitats./.
