The San Diego Zoo has welcomed a small but mighty addition to its safari park: a baby male white rhino.🦏
August 24, 2022, 10:33 AMA male southern white rhino calf stands with his mother after playing in a mud wallow at Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Aug. 12, 2022.The San Diego Zoo has welcomed a small but mighty addition to its safari park. A baby male white rhino was born Aug. 6 to two of the zoo's adult rhinos, according to zoo officials.
A male southern white rhino calf stands with his mother after playing in a mud wallow at Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, Aug. 12, 2022."We are so pleased Livia and her calf are doing so well," Jonnie Capiro, lead wildlife care specialist, San Diego Zoo Safari Park. "Seeing this energetic little rhino running around, wallowing in the mud and just being generally curious is very rewarding.
The initiative is dedicated to saving the northern white rhino through innovative reproductive technologies, including artificial insemination, in vitro fertilization and embryo transfer, according to a statement from zoo officials.
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