{"id":1138,"date":"2022-09-22T14:24:42","date_gmt":"2022-09-22T14:24:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2022-09-26T02:31:22","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T02:31:22","slug":"sabah-mark-world-rhinoceros-day-with-a-new-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/?p=1138","title":{"rendered":"Sabah mark World Rhinoceros Day with a new book"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery columns-1 is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\"><ul class=\"blocks-gallery-grid\"><li class=\"blocks-gallery-item\"><figure><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220922-WA0072-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" data-id=\"1137\" class=\"wp-image-1137\" srcset=\"https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220922-WA0072-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220922-WA0072-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/holidaysabah.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/09\/IMG-20220922-WA0072.jpg 960w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure><\/li><\/ul><figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption wp-element-caption\">Jafry (3rd, left) with John (2nd, left), Chan (2nd, rignt) and guest launch the new book<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>KOTA KINABALU\/Sept 22: Sabah celebrated World Rhino Day with the launch of a publication titled \u201cThe Hairy Rhinoceros\u201d by Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The book, authored by Datuk John Junaidi Payne, a British with a permanent resident of Sabah since 1979, was published by Datuk Chan Chew Lun of Natural History Publication Borneo.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The production of the book was sponsored the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources of which 1,000 copies were given to them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another 1,000 copies with the Sabah government for distribution to libraries, educational institutions and other not-for-profit purposes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The thickness of the book is 140 pages with 40 or so photos to provide an impression of the story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The text is quite dense to read, but describes the story from many angles to give attention to detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hairy rhino was chosen for the title of the book instead of Sumatran rhino simply because this species had been roaming around Southeast Asia a 1,000 years ago before its extinction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several possibilities that led to the extinction of hairy rhino, among them was the major human impact started many 1,000 years ago, in China.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another reason was too few hairy rhinos in any one place, and too few births.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The nation is expected to see less habitat loss in the future as Sabah has committed &nbsp;to forest conservation while Malaysia committed to achieve carbon neutrality by 2050.-HS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>KOTA KINABALU\/Sept 22: Sabah celebrated World Rhino Day with the launch of a publication titled \u201cThe Hairy Rhinoceros\u201d by Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Jafry Ariffin. 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