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Sumatran rhino arrives home on mating mission

By Associated Press in Jakarta, Indonesia | China Daily | Updated: 2015-11-03 08:17

Officials hope the 8-year-old animal can help save species

A US-born Sumatran rhino arrived in his ancestral home of Indonesia on Sunday, making the long journey from Cincinnati, Ohio, on a mission to mate to help save his critically endangered species from extinction.

The 8-year-old rhino, Harapan, was born at Cincinnati's zoo and spent nearly the past two years as the last Sumatran rhino in the Western Hemisphere.

Sumatran rhino arrives home on mating mission

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