'This is What Extinction Looks Like': Activist meets last Sumatran Rhino in Malaysia

MALAYSIA (SBG) - Bella Lack, a 16-year-old conservation activist and youth ambassador for The Born Free Foundation, shared her encounter with the last Sumatran rhino in Malaysia on Friday, alongside a stark message – “this is what extinction looks like.”

Tam, the last male Sumatran rhino in Malaysia, died in May, according to the Borneo Rhino Alliance, leaving the female Iman as the last of her species in Malaysia.

“Iman is the last flickering flame of 20 million years of the evolution of her species – soon to be extinguished by us,” Lack tweeted.

Lack called for people to support the conservation efforts of the Borneo Rhino Alliance. A small number of Sumatran rhinos still survive in Indonesia, according to National Geographic.