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  1. African Rhinos

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  2. Second Southern White Rhino at San Diego Zoo Safari Park Is Pregnant

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  3. Celebrating World Rhino Day at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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  4. Baby rhino makes joyful debut at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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  5. Rhino Calf Explores Main Safari Park Exhibit for First Time

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  6. Rare Southern White Rhino Born At San Diego Safari Park

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  1. African Rhinos

    Of the five rhino species, the white rhino is the largest: it can weigh 5,000 pounds (2,300 kilograms). A group of rhinos is called a crash. It's fitting for this large, ponderous animal that can crash through just about anything in its way! The Safari Park has the largest crash of rhinos and the most successful captive breeding program for ...

  2. Rhinoceros

    Help for rhinos: San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance has done a great deal of conservation work with rhinos, especially once our San Diego Zoo Safari Park opened in the 1970s. The Safari Park has the most successful breeding program for rhinoceroses under human care in the world. By July 2019, there had been a total of 184 rhino births at the ...

  3. White Rhino

    Conservation Status: Southern white rhino, IUCN Red List - Near Threatened; Northern white rhino, IUCN Red List - Critically EndangeredThreats to Survival: Poaching Toward a Sustainable Assurance PopulationWith over 100 calves born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we are the world's leader in white rhino breeding. However, the zoo population is no longer self-sustaining due to limited ...

  4. San Diego Zoo welcomes male baby rhino, celebrates breeding initiative

    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. The calf ...

  5. Six-week-old Southern White Rhino Calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    SAN DIEGO (Sept. 20, 2022) - A six-week-old male southern white rhino calf at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been given a name: Neville. The name was chosen by a generous supporter of San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance, in honor of a South African doctor who made a positive impact on the donor's life, and on many others. Neville, and all rhinos, will ...

  6. White Rhinoceros

    In 1971, 20 southern white rhinos arrived at the Safari Park to become the founding generation of the Park's white rhino herd. Since then, more than 100 southern white rhinos have been born at the Safari Park. San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance was one of the last organizations in the world to care for northern white rhinos. Nola, a 41-year-old female, passed away in 2015.

  7. White Rhinoceros

    The female southern white rhinos at the Safari Park's Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center could potentially serve as surrogates for northern white rhinos. With more than 100 calves born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, we are one of the world's leaders in white rhino breeding already, aided by scientific research on nutrition and the ...

  8. Rhinos at Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari

    Rhinos at Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park Explore New Habitat February 18, 2016 The female rhinos, between 4 and 7 years of age, were relocated to the Safari Park from private reserves in South Africa in November 2015, as part of a collaborative conservation effort to save the critically endangered northern ...

  9. San Diego Zoo Safari Park Welcomes Birth of Southern White Rhino Calf

    SAN DIEGO (Aug. 22, 2022) —The San Diego Zoo Safari Park has announced the birth of a male southern white rhino calf, born at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center. The calf was conceived through natural breeding and was born on Aug. 6 to first-time mom Livia, and father J Gregory. Wildlife care specialists report the calf is healthy, confident and full of energy, and that Livia is an ...

  10. White rhino calf born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    SAN DIEGO —. The San Diego Zoo Safari Park on Monday announced the arrival of a male white rhino born to a first-time mother. The park tweeted a video of the curious new calf following its mom ...

  11. Enchanted by Edward

    Edward is the 186th rhino born at the Safari Park, and the first southern white rhino born by artificial insemination in North America. A Milestone in Rhino Conservation. V ictoria was restless. She alternated between walking around and laying down on her side. ... San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance is a 501(c)(3) organization .

  12. Southern White Rhino Calf Being Hand Raised at San Diego Zoo Safari

    Five-month-old Arthur Interacts with His Crash at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center. Arthur, a 5-month-old southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, made some new friends (Jan. 15, 2021) when he met Edward, an 18-month-old male southern white rhino calf; Future, a 14-month-old year old female southern white rhino calf; and their mothers, Victoria and Amani.

  13. Rhinoceros

    Location: Urban Jungle. Conservation Status: Threatened. Rhinos may look tough, but their skin is actually quite sensitive. They can sunburn, and biting insects "bug" them. That's why they like to wallow in mud—it puts a layer between their skin and the sun, and insects. Greater one-horned rhinos look as if they are wearing armor, but they ...

  14. San Diego Zoo Safari Park Names Baby Southern White Rhino: Neville

    Just in time for World Rhino Day on Thursday, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance Tuesday announced a six-week-old male southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park has been given a ...

  15. A New Hope: Southern White Rhino Calf Born at San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    SAN DIEGO (Aug. 22, 2022) — 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. Rolling in ...

  16. San Diego Zoo Safari Park announces birth of southern white rhino

    Aug. 23, 2022 1:01 PM PT. ESCONDIDO —. A male southern white rhino born Aug. 6 at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park and his mother are doing well, the San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance reported Monday ...

  17. San Diego Zoo Safari Park

    The San Diego Zoo Safari Park is a zoo in the San Pasqual Valley area of San Diego, California, near Escondido. The park houses more than 3,000 animals representing over 300 species. ... On November 22, 2015, the park's last northern white rhino, 41-year-old Nola, was euthanized due to bacterial infection and her health rapidly failing.

  18. The Bioengineering Gambit to Save the Northern White Rhino

    Barbara Durrant, center, and her team perform an ultrasound on Amani at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park's Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center in June 2021. Amani was artificially inseminated and gave ...

  19. Black Rhino

    Eighteen black rhinos belonging to two different subspecies have been born at the San Diego Zoo and Safari Park and educating the public about the plight of all rhinos is a high priority for us. Genetics of Disease. Our Frozen Zoo® includes viable cell cultures from 78 black rhinos, including animals born in the wild. Eleven black rhinos were ...

  20. Rhino

    Your $1,000 Rhino Adoption package includes 1 soft 12" Rhino plush, a 5" x 7" Rhino Adoption card, a backpack, a beach towel, a thermos, a limited edition San Diego Zoo Wildlife Alliance pin, and a 50% discount gift voucher for one guest on select tours at the San Diego Zoo or Safari Park.

  21. San Diego Zoo Safari Park: Insider Tips from a Local

    The San Diego Safari Park offers nine different safari experiences with 27 variations. They range from open-air caravan safaris, behind-the-scenes safaris, the fascinating cheetah run, and more to ...

  22. U.S. Rhino Horn Destruction Sends Global Message: Stop the Illegal

    Smoke plumes from a fire pit at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park today provided a sobering reminder of the slaughter of rhinos taking place in Africa to feed a voracious demand for rhino horn. In a ceremony that signaled to the world the United States is committed to ending the scourge of wildlife trafficking, confiscated rhino horn items with an estimated black market value of $1 million ...