US EditionEndangered Rhino Calf Born at Lincoln Park Zoo
The calf is part of the Eastern Black Rhinoceros Species Survival Plan, aiding recovery from a 98% population decline due to poaching and habitat loss, zoo officials said.
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Endangered rhino born at Lincoln Park Zoo
Lincoln Park Zoo welcomed a baby eastern black rhinoceros Thursday, helping to add to the critically endangered species’ population as part of a specialized breeding program.The zoo’s 20-year-old rhino Kapuki gave birth to the female calf at 4:52 a.m. Thursday, zoo staff said in a statement.The calf weighed about 60 pounds at birth, and took her first steps just an hour and a half after being born. An eastern black rhinoceros can gain 100 pounds…
A baby of the endangered eastern two-horned rhinoceros has been born at Chicago's Lincoln Park Zoo. There are only about 1,000 of the species left in the wild. Their population declined by 98 percent between 1960 and 1995 due to poaching and habitat loss, the Chicago Sun Times reported.
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