There’s no creature on earth like the Sumatran Rhino, the smallest rhinos on earth. They are also the most endangered rhino species—and isolation threatens to wipe them out.

Experts now estimate that around 80 of these rare creatures remain between the islands of Sumatra and Indonesian Borneo.

Now, a coalition of international conservation organisations announced a new plan on September 20, 2018 to turn the animal’s fortunes around. The plan is called the Sumatran Rhino Rescue and aims to safely capture as many wild rhinos as possible and then transfer them to nearby sanctuaries where scientists and wildlife managers can assist in their reproduction.

There’s currently only one (!) such facility, called the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, located at Way Kambas National Park in South Sumatra.

The project is led by the International Union for Conservation of Nature’s Species Survival Commission, in coordination with Global Wildlife Conservation, International Rhino Foundation, National Geographic Society, and WWF.

The Indonesian government has also welcomed the formation of the new coalition, with a spokesperson calling it "of critical importance" to their effort of establishing "a national conservation breeding program".

“If we wait a few more years, there won’t be enough rhinos left to bring together”, says Barney Long, senior director for species conservation at Global Wildlife Conservation.

My goal with this petition is to raise awareness for this beautiful endangered Sumatran Rhino and hopefully to convince you and many others to support campaigns in the near future that involve the Sumatran Rhinos. You can do this by signing online petitions like mine, donating money and by adopting a Sumatran Rhino (see links below).

Thank you for your time and looking forward to see your signature on my petition!

Kindly,

DiDi Tahiri, 11 years old and living in Sydney, Australia

https://rhinos.org/adopt/​

https://gifts.worldwildlife.org/gift-center/gifts/Species-Adoptions/Sumatran-Rhino.aspx