Getting Harry out of the crate: The race from Jakarta to Sumatra
By the time the Cincinnati Zoo crew landed at the Jakarta airport the race was on to get him to Sumatra.
After nearly 30 hours on a plane, Harapan and the zoo team finally arrived at the airport in Jakarta on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
After nearly 30 hours on a plane, Harapan and the zoo team finally arrived at the airport in Jakarta on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Zookeeper Paul Reinhart waves at the workers who helped unload Harapan's crate when arriving in Jakarta on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Media and staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary were anxious to see the last Sumatran rhino in captivity as it arrived at the Jakarta Airport on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Media and staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary were anxious to see the last Sumatran rhino in captivity as it arrived at the Jakarta Airport on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
A media swarm greeted the zoo team and Harapan as they arrived at the Jakarta Airport on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary packed up Harapan's crate into a safari-like truck before making the 10-hour trek to the sanctuary from the airport.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary packed up Harapan's crate into a safari-like truck before making the 10-hour trek to the sanctuary from the airport.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Dr. Terri Roth, director of the Center for Conservation and Research of Endangered Wildlife at the Cincinnati Zoo, checked on Harapan after his nearly 30-hour trip from Cincinnati to Jakarta.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Dr. Zulfi Arsan, senior veterinarian of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary, inspects Harapan at the airport after he spent nearly 30 hours traveling from Cincinnati to Jakarta on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Sanctuary staff members escorted Harapan in a safari-like truck three hours away from the Jakarta Airport to take a ferry over to the island of Sumatra.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
A police escort led the sanctuary vehicles to the port of the Sunda Strait Bridge where a ferry would take Harapan and the zoo team to Sumatra.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary and the Cincinnati Zoo team wait for the ferry to arrive at the Sunda Strait Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Paul Reinhart and Dr. Zulfi Arsan stayed by Harapan's side while waiting for the ferry to arrive at the Sunda Strait Bridge on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
A ferry arrives at the Sunda Strait Bridge in Indonesia on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
The sanctuary truck carrying Harapan's crate drives onto the ferry headed to the island of Sumatra on Sunday, Nov. 1, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
The Cincinnati Zoo team and staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary stay by Harapan's crate during the three hour ferry ride to Sumatra.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
WCPO photojournalist Emily Maxwell traveled with a team from the Cincinnati Zoo to transport Harapan, the last Sumatran rhino in captivity in the Western Hemisphere, to a sanctuary in Indonesia.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary work tirelessly to move Harapan's crate into his new enclosure early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary work tirelessly to move Harapan's crate into his new enclosure early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary work tirelessly to move Harapan's crate into his new enclosure early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary work tirelessly to move Harapan's crate into his new enclosure early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Staff members of the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary work tirelessly to move Harapan's crate into his new enclosure early in the morning on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015. At this point the rhino had been in his crate for more than 50 hours.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Harapan takes his first steps inside his new enclosure at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary after spending more than 50 hours inside a wooden crate for the nearly 3-day journey from Cincinnati to Lampung on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Harapan takes his first steps inside his new enclosure at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary after spending more than 50 hours inside a wooden crate for the nearly 3-day journey from Cincinnati to Lampung on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Zookeeper Paul Reinhart keeps a close eye on Harapan as he takes his first steps in more than 53 hours after traveling across the world in a wooden crate to the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary around 3 a.m. on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell
Harapan takes his first steps inside his new enclosure at the Sumatran Rhino Sanctuary after spending more than 50 hours inside a wooden crate for the nearly 3-day journey from Cincinnati to Lampung on Monday, Nov. 2, 2015.Photo by: Emily Maxwell