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Two baby Javanese rhinos, a female and a male, were found in a wildlife park in Indonesia, bringing hope to the endangered species.
The offspring, named for Helen and Luther, appeared in videos filmed by a hundred hidden cameras in Ujung Kulon National Park between March and August, Indonesian authorities announced in a statement today.
Located on the western tip of the island of Java, in Banten province, Ujung Kulon Park, with its more than 5,000 hectares of tropical forest and freshwater rivers, is the last preserved natural habitat of the Javanese rhinos, a of the most threatened mammals in the world.
After years of population decline, the birth of these two offspring increases the total number of specimens of 74 animals.
The Indonesian Government has combed the islands of Java and Sumatra to send the Javanese rhinos, threatened by the eruption of the very active Krakatoa volcano, close to the Ujung Kulon Park.
Once thousands, scattered throughout South Asia, Javanese rhinos were decimated by poaching and human encroachment on their habitats.
