The war to save African wildlife heats up

Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta set fire on April 30, 2016, to 105 tons of elephant tusks and 1.3 tons of rhino horn, demanding an end to the ‘murderous’ ivory trade. Photo: Reuters

Deep from within the Indonesian jungle, a solitary, seldom seen forest giant emerges from the undergrowth. It is a Sumatran rhino, one of the rarest large mammals on Earth.

There are no more than 100 left on the entire planet and Andatu – a four-year old male – is one of the last remaining hopes for the future of the species.