HIDDEN cameras in the jungles of Indonesia`s Java island have captured rare footage of the world`s most threatened rhino, boosting efforts to save it from extinction, the World Wildlife Fund said today.
Two camera traps set up by the environmental group in the remote Ujung Kulon national park have yielded new footage of the endangered Javan rhino, said Adhi Hariyadi, the leader of the WWF project.
The footage will help conservationists fighting to save the species, which numbers only around 60 in the wild, by giving new information on the rhinos` health as well as vital insights into their breeding habits, said Mr Hariyadi.
"We have already been able to observe a mother and calf walking and rearing and in the process of separation,`` he said.
"(The footage) basically fills in the puzzle, and since we are challenged to increase the population of Javan rhinos in the future it basically helps us to identify suitable environments for them,`` he said.
The new footage is the first to be taken of the Javan rhino from camera traps and the first from any source in the last five years, Hariyadi said.
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