Articles for Intl Rhino Foundation

In June 2009, Uganda conservationists had reason to smile: They witnessed the birth of the first ever baby rhino in Uganda, 27 years after the last rhino was seen.

Another rhino was born on the night of January 2, at the Nakasongola Rhino Sanctuary. Two others were born last year.

HE'S been a long while coming, but here's not-so-little Zamba making his BIG public entrance yesterday - as the first white rhino born in the UK through artificial insemination.

The first baby rhino to be born in Uganda for decades has raised hopes for the future of an animal that was wiped out during the bloody regime of former dictator Idi Amin, officials said Monday.

Garden Route Game Lodge field guide Julius Schultz and his guests were honoured with the first sighting of the Garden Route Game Lodge’s new 65 kg baby when one of the Reserve’s resident white rhinos allowed her new-born into the open on January 2nd.

“They call him white one, they call him brave, maybe Jabari - that’s not his name!”

A rare white rhino calf – named Nyala – has been born at a wildlife park in South Cumbria. Mother Ntombi gave birth on Sunday afternoon at South Lakes Wild Animal Park in Dalton-in-Furness following a 16-month pregnancy. The calf was not immediately named as workers did not want to disturb mother and baby to check its gender. The birth is extremely important as there are few breeding pairs in Europe, according to a park spokesman. The park's other female rhino, Tala, is also due to ...

STAFF at the South Lakes Wild Animal Park are overjoyed about a record breaking new arrival.

The world’s first rhino calf born through artificial insemination thrilled scores of children and journalists in her press debut at Budapest Zoo. Layla, a two-and-a-half-month old Southern White Rhino who is Hungary’s answer to celebrity German polar bear cub Knut, at first appeared intimidated by the crowd at her naming ceremony, but later sniffed happily around her paddock. The Southern White Rhino -- which is from Africa -- was one of the first kind of rhino to reach the brink of ...