Endangered Black Rhino Is Born in the Australian Zoo
mnn.com
The Australian Zoo has an exhibit of the soon to be extinct Black Rhinos. But a surprising event happened in April that the zookeepers were blown away by.
“A female Southern black rhino calf was born on April 28 at the Taronga Western Plains Zoo in Dubbo, Australia, stated a zoo keeper,” stated mnn.com. The baby rhino still doesn’t have a name yet, but the zoo keepers are awaiting a sign that inspires the name, according to yahoo.com.
The calf weighed between 55-65 pounds at birth and has been closely following her mother, who is very protective of her first baby, according to mnn.com.
About 100,000 Black Rhinos existed in 1960. Between 1970 and 1992, 96 percent of Africa’s remaining Black Rhinos were killed by poaching, so when any Black Rhino baby is born, it’s a big celebration, stated mnn.com
Emma Bennett • Oct 26, 2017 at 8:46 pm
I enjoyed reading your article because it helped me learn about an endangered animal.
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Olivia Steward • Jun 8, 2017 at 10:35 pm
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Olivia Yerkes • Jun 7, 2017 at 11:38 am
I very much enjoyed this article because it informed me about what a celebration and a big deal it is when a baby rhino is born because they are endangered.
Carley • Jun 7, 2017 at 11:28 am
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Jayden Pritchett • Jun 4, 2017 at 9:29 pm
I enjoyed this article because I love to learn about endangered animals. I would have liked to learn more about how to protect wildlife. Overall, this articlce was very well constructed, factual, and the rhino was super cute.
Victor Wen • May 30, 2017 at 9:31 pm
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Nicole Stiles • May 30, 2017 at 12:04 pm
I indeed enjoyed this animal topic. also, how vividly described it was a the decreasing population of the Rhino. Good work!
Erin Lee • May 29, 2017 at 8:28 pm
This is a great article! The rhino is so cute!
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Ashlee Holmes • May 27, 2017 at 1:26 pm
It’s nice to see that people are taking initiative to save the animals on the endangered species list.
Cindy Wang • May 26, 2017 at 12:11 pm
Great Article! After reading your article, I would like to know more about Black Rhinos and if the population of Black Rhinos had increased between 1992-2017.
Hannah Arritt • May 25, 2017 at 12:16 pm
I think it’s cool and sweet that the rhino had a baby and the mom and baby stay together!
chris • May 25, 2017 at 11:49 am
I enjoyed reading your article because I learned that the babies are already around 60 pounds when the are born.
Kayla Asmus • May 24, 2017 at 10:44 pm
I enjoyed reading this article because I was able to learn more about the birth of the endangered Black Rhino.