The birth of a critically endangered Eastern black rhino is being celebrated at Folly Farm in Pembrokeshire with this the first to be born in Wales. Six-year-old mum Dakima gave birth to a healthy male calf on January 16th, following a 15-month pregnancy, with the new arrival one of only 40 Eastern black rhino to […]
Keepers at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo are celebrating the birth of a baby rhino this week, with the bundle of joy arriving just in time for Christmas! Born to parents Behan and Hugo on December 8th, the female greater one-horned rhino weighed 70kg on arrival – more than twenty times the average human baby! The new […]
The newest addition to the rhino family at Cotswold Wildlife Park & Gardens is Stella, who arrived on 7th of September. Stella is the first female calf for parents Monty and Ruby and the third to be born at the Park in its forty-nine-year history. Female rhinos only reproduce every two-and-a-half to five years, so […]
Granville, the baby southern white rhino, is celebrating his first Christmas at West Midland Safari Park this year. The youngster, who is almost 3 months old, was presented with a huge red and silver box by keepers as a festive treat and wasted no time investigating its contents. The gift was perfect for a young rhino […]
As part of a recent holiday to the Cotswolds, Discover Animals’ Editorial Director Abbe Bates paid a visit to the Cotswold Wildlife Park and Gardens in Burford with her family. The 160-acre site is a mix of beautiful landscaped gardens and parkland, animal enclosures, aviaries, insect and reptile houses, farmyard, and adventure playgrounds. Its beginnings […]
West Midland Safari Park celebrated the birth of a baby southern white rhino last week, the third for the park in three years. After a lengthy pregnancy of 16 months, second-time mum Ailsa gave birth to the youngster on 25th September, with the male calf weighing in at an impressive 67kg (10 and a half stone)! In the […]
Saturday 22nd September is #WorldRhinoDay with organisations throughout the world joining in to raise vital funds and awareness for rhino conservation. International wildlife charity Save the Rhino work with experts on projects across the globe in a bid to stop illegal poaching which has reached crisis point and resulted in the loss of rhino habitat. Three […]
Players of the People’s Postcode Lottery have helped raise funds totaling £250,000 which will be used to tackle illegal wildlife activity in some of the world’s most demanding environments. The funding awarded by the Lottery will support an upgrade to a wildlife protection tool, Instant Detect, which has been pioneered by ZSL (Zoological Society of […]
Port Lympne Reserve, near Ashford in Kent, celebrated the arrival of an adorable baby black rhino on 5th January. The youngster, who is now three weeks old, is strong, healthy, playful and curious and becomes the fourth generation of black rhino to be born at the reserve. The male calf is the first offspring for mother […]
Cotswold Wildlife Park is celebrating the birth of a white rhino calf. The newborn male, named Alan, is the fourth white rhino to be born at the park since opening in 1970. Alan, named after the park’s electrician who retires this year, was born to parents Ruby and Monty and is the second calf for […]
RZSS Edinburgh Zoo are celebrating World Rhino Day this Saturday 23 September with a number of rhino themed fundraising activities throughout the day. The event will raise awareness and highlight the plight of rhinos in the wild, while also focusing on the zoo’s conservation work in this field. Money raised from activities will help fund […]
West Midland Safari Park celebrated the birth of a baby southern white rhino this month, the second for the park in 18 months. After a lengthy pregnancy of 16 months, first-time mum Keyah gave birth to the youngster on 8th September, with the female calf weighing in at an impressive 70kg (11 stone)! The first female calf […]
Longleat Safari Park in Wiltshire are taking part in a ground-breaking project, along with a number of other zoo’s in Europe, to save the world’s rarest rhino from extinction. The northern white rhino had an estimated wild population of thousands as recently as 1960, but was virtually wiped out in the 2000s due to poaching. […]
West Midland Safari Park will be hosting a range of events during half term week to raise awareness and funds for Save the Rhino International. The park’s own Rhino Week runs from 28 May until 5 June and will promote the plight of these magnificent animals while also highlighting the work the park does to […]