Rhinos - Vintage Photograph

Front: Torgamba of the two Sumatran Rhinos at Port Lumpne Zoo Park, Kent. They are the aly two in captivity in the west. Pic: Keith Dobney 27-7-88, Back: Zoo Call, Press Information from John Aspinall's Howletts & Port Lympne Zoo Parks, John Aspinal opens new Wooly Rhino Enclosure, For the first time visitors to John Aspinall's Port Lympne Zoo Park, near Hythe, Kent, will be able to see Torgamba and Meranti, the only two Sumatran rhinos in the West, after John Aspinall officially opens their new £70,000 enclosure, which will eventually have eights acres of forest and pasture. This is the climax of a three year project in conjunction with the Indonesian government to capture a pair of theses extremely rare and very threatened animals, and to bring them back to John Aspinall's Kent zoo to try and breed them. Torgama, who came into the country in April 1986, acclimatised very quickly to his new environment. He is approx. eight years old. His mate, Meranti, flew into England only twelve weeks ago and has already settled well. The Sumatran rhino is much smaller than the Black or white rhino from Africa, and it is interesting to note that they have not changed in evolutionary terms in 38 million years. There are probably only 600 left in the wild state, on the Islands of Indonesia. They are hunted and trapped for their horns for medicinal purposes and for use as dagger handles. Also their habitat, deep in the forests, is being cut down at an alarming rate. Those animals are therefore doomed in their natural habitat.

Dimensions: 30.4 x 40.6 cm

IMS SKU: SCAN-IND-03005964

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