NEW GIRL RHINO BORN IN ZIWA  RHINO SANCTUARY

This is the first established female rhino birth in well over 30 years recorded in Uganda, since the species was poached into extinction by rabble army units of the then dictatorships. Conservationists will be overjoyed to learn of this latest success of the Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary and RFU’s breeding program.
The little female calf is being fiercely protected by her mother Nandi, who is, in fact, chasing her first born “Obama” vigorously away now to give the little rhino baby all her attention, care, and protection, leaving “Obama” totally bewildered and reportedly crying for his mother who was his sole companion since his own birth two years ago.
The total number of rhinos now on Ziwa is 10, with 3 adolescent males, 3 mature males, and 3 mature females, the other 2 also being with calf and due to deliver in the coming weeks.
Four of the rhinos were purchased from Kenya’ Solio Game Reserve, while 2 were gifted to RFU and Ziwa by Disney’s Animal Kingdom in Florida.
The Rhino Fund Uganda and Ziwa Rhino Sanctuary have decided to “auction” the name of the young baby rhino girl to the highest bidder with the minimum offer starting at US$3,000.

Estherr