Folly Farm in Pembrokeshire is celebrating the birth of another critically endangered eastern black rhino calf – and it’s a boy!
This is the second rhino calf to be born at the family-run zoo located in Begelly, and the second in Wales as part of a managed breeding programme through its membership with EAZA (the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria).
After a 15-month long pregnancy, mum Dakima gave birth to a healthy male calf on Thursday, November 29. With only an estimated 39 eastern black rhinos born in the UK in the past 25 years, it’s a significant achievement for the captive European Endangered Breeding Programme (EEP) for black rhinos.