Puntung and Tam, pictured here in their pen at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Lahad Datu, are two of the last three surviving Sumatran rhinos in Sabah.
KOTA KINABALU: Sabah's hope of keeping Sumatran rhinos alive and well in the state is quickly fading, with one of the last three animals there suffering a life-threatening infection.
Sabah Wildlife Department Director Augustine Tuuga said an abscess was found in the upper jaw of Puntung, a female rhino under the care of the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary at the Tabin Wildlife Reserve in Lahad Datu.
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