Vets struggling to treat rhino


In safe hands: A ranger feeding Puntung at her forest paddock in Sabah.

KOTA KINABALU: Veterinarians are seeking the help of South African rhino specialists to save ailing Puntung – one of the last three surviving Sumatran rhinos in Malaysia – which is suffering from an abscess deep inside her upper jaw.

But first, the Borneo Rhino Sanctuary has to obtain a radiograph of her and she has not been cooperating.

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