![]() Several black cats roam the rhino reserve, including Mia, who, in addition to hunting rodents, plays with rhinos, which has a positive effect on the animals, says Zdarek. The keepers even train females who give birth to newborns to pump breast milk which is stored for moments of need. The mammals have sharp hearing and a keen sense of smell and get used to being called by their name. The daily cost to maintain one of these large mammals is around 16 euros, half what would usually be spent on a white rhino menu. Keepers prepare each animal its own personalized menu which is placed in a box with its name and contains different foods depending on its age, preferences and condition.Įastern black rhinos eat fruit, especially bananas, vegetables like kohlrabi and carrots, shrubs and fruit trees - they particularly enjoy cherry tree branches. “Having a group of young rhinos to start with and caretakers who don’t work within fixed schedules” is one of the keys to the success of this program, Jan Zdarek, who has been working at the zoo for four decades, tells Efe. The number of black rhinos left in the wild has dwindled to around 800 after years of persecution and poaching. Since the rhino breeding program began at the Czech zoo in the 1970s, some 60 of the large mammals have been born, including 49 rare black rhinos. A ten-day-old male eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) calf named Magashi next to his mother Maisha inside their enclosure at the Safari Park in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, 14 March 2023.The rhino species is listed as critically endangered. Before that, there was Magashi, born December 13, 2022, and Kyiv, born a year ago and named in honor of Ukraine’s resistance to the Russian invasion. The latest addition to the growing family was born on March 4. Keeper Jan Zdarek pets one-year-old male calf of eastern black rhinoceros (Diceros bicornis michaeli) named Kyiv inside his enclosure at the Safari Park in Dvur Kralove nad Labem, Czech Republic, 14 March 2023 (issued 17 March 2023). Last year half of all the world’s newborn black rhinos were welcomed at the Dvur Kralove Czech Zoo, located 150 kilometers east of Prague. Prague, Mar 17 (EFE).- A group of dedicated and affectionate caretakers is successfully breeding endangered black rhinos at a Czech zoo to save the animals from extinction.
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