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EXPLORE: TWO CUTE HARBOR SEALS TWO CUTE! SPEND EARTH DAY WEEKEND AT THE ZOO FROGGIE, FROGGIE DAYS - APRIL 26-27 TORT AND THE ALDABRAS - COMING SOON! ZOO BEGINS SUMMER HOURS APRIL 1 SSSSSSUCH FUN PLANNED! UPDATE: BAGHDAD ZOO BIG BEAR'S BACK LEAP YEAR FUN AFRICAN ENTRANCE TO REOPEN THREE NEW ELEPHANTS ARRIVE AT THE ZOO! DEC. Z-MAIL LEFT BEHIND NEW ELEPHANT HARP SEAL DIES BEE 'N BEARS SNAKE WALK CUBS NAMED SIX RHINOS GET OUT'A LINE KIDZONE! ZOO CAMPS 2007 PRE-SCHOOL AMERICAN CHESTNUT LION CUBS WOLF AWARE NEWS ARCHIVE AN AVIARY GUIDE CAUTION! SAVE A SNOT-OTTER 4-STAR RANKING THANKS, FROM A FROG |
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Six Rhinos05/02/2007
Project
Pachyderm got a boost on Monday, May 1, when six Southern White Rhinos
jostled in on two large, sturdy trucks. The trucks brought the three
mothers and three calves in from White Oak Plantation, a Florida-based
sanctuary and research facility for endangered and exotic animals. The
three calves are all about one year old. Two of the calves are male and
one is female.
The rhinos’ arrival marks another milestone in the Zoo's progress toward opening two enlarged and improved exhibits for African Elephants and Southern White Rhinos. The new exhibits and their accompanying new elephant barn and refurbished rhinoceros barn are all part of an $8.5 million expansion that should eventually bring newborn rhino and elephant calves to the Zoo. These births will further expand the contributions the N.C. Zoo can make toward the conservation of these species. Private donations to the N.C. Zoo Society provided more than $7 million dollars for this project, which will be known as the Watani Grasslands Reserve. (Watani is a Swahili term meaning “fatherland.")     |
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