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Where, oh where, are the rhinos of Bukit Barisan Selatan?

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Mongabay (India)

Publication Date
2017-11-08

LAMPUNG, Indonesia — Dripping with sweat, breathing heavily, I followed several members of the Rhino Protection Unit (RPU) down a steep, forested slope characteristic of Sumatra’s Bukit Barisan Selatan National Park. I was thankful whenever we paused: to look at a spot where a deer had rubbed against a tree, or examine the cabbage-like giant Rafflesia flower that we’d just missed blooming. Near the bottom of the slope we stopped long enough to take a drink over a large indentation in the ground.

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