Indonesia builds sanctuary to save world's rarest rhino

This handout picture recently released by Ujung Kulon National Park to AFP and taken in 2012 shows two rhinos at Indonesia's Ujung Kulon National Park. - AFP

UJUNG KULON, Indonesia (AFP) - On a leaf-covered dirt path overlooking lush paddy fields in western Indonesia, the world's rarest rhino had left a trail of hoofprints in the soft mud and bite marks on foliage.

For people seeking a glimpse of the Javan rhino - revered in local folklore as Abah Gede, or the Great Father - such small signs are likely to be the closest they get.