Tag: Rhino

Newborn white rhino Silverio takes his first steps in Chilean zoo

Hannah, a 13-year-old white rhinoceros, has delivered a newborn calf in a rare zoo birth for the almost-endangered species. The arrival of the male calf, named Silverio, two weeks ago marked the third time that a white rhino had ever been born in South America. The Buin Zoo in Chile’s capital of Santiago unveiled Silverio […]

Lion and Rhino Breeding Ban Approved by South African Cabinet

(Bloomberg) — South Africa’s cabinet approved a phased end to the captive breeding of lions and rhinos as the country seeks to end practices that have sullied its reputation as a custodian of some of the world’s biggest wildlife populations. Most Read from Bloomberg Plans to end lion breeding began more than a decade ago […]

The Javan Rhino Is the Rarest Living Rhinoceros Species

The Javan rhino is found in just one place on Earth, at least in the wild: Ujung Kulon National Park in Java, Indonesia. Once abundant, it is now the rarest rhino and one of the rarest mammals in the world. Javan Rhino Basics Little is known about the Javan rhinoceros (Rhinoceros sondaicus). It is approximately […]