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San Diego Zoo Celebrates Birthday of First Rhino Born Via Artificial Insemination

by Chris Jennewein August 9, 2020August 10, 2020

The first southern white rhinoceros born via artificial insemination under the San Diego Zoo’s program to recover lost species has turned one year old. A birthday celebration on July 28 was held in honor of Edward at the Safari Park’s Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center. Birthday guests included his mother Victoria, 8-month-old female calf Future, […]

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Zoo Researchers Successfully Recover Rhino Eggs in Effort to Save Nearly Extinct Species

by Chris Jennewein March 11, 2020March 11, 2020

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Southern White Rhino Baby ‘Future’ Now on Exhibit at Safari Park

by Christine Huard January 17, 2020January 18, 2020

Edward, a 10-week-old southern white rhino calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, interacts with Helene, an adult female rhino

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In-Vitro Born Southern White Rhino Calf Begins Meeting Herd at Safari Park

by Chris Jennewein October 9, 2019October 10, 2019

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Rhino Calf Explores Main Safari Park Exhibit for First Time

by Lauren J. Mapp August 19, 2019August 20, 2019

Rhino mother and calf at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park

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Rhino Born in Zoo Breakthrough Named ‘Edward’ in Honor of Scripps Foundation

by Chris Jennewein August 1, 2019August 1, 2019

A day-old southern white rhino calf stands on its wobbly legs at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park. The birth of this male calf on Sunday, July 28, 2019 marked a first for the conservation organization, following hormone-induced ovulation and artificial insemination. Artificial insemination of rhinos has rarely been attempted in zoos, and this is the first successful artificial insemination birth of a southern white rhino in North America. The calf’s mother, Victoria, was artificially inseminated with frozen semen from southern white rhino Maoto on March 22, 2018, following hormone-induced ovulation. White rhino gestation is estimated to be 485 days—but as with any baby delivery, this can differ. Victoria carried her calf for 493 days. The artificial insemination and successful birth of the rhino calf is not only a historic event for San Diego Zoo Global, but it represents a critical step in the organization’s ongoing work to develop the scientific knowledge required to genetically recover the northern white rhino, a distant subspecies of the southern white rhino. Only two northern white rhinos currently remain on Earth and, unfortunately, both are female. San Diego Zoo Global has a history of expertise with rhino species. With the birth of this calf, there have now been 99 southern white rhinos born at the San Diego Zoo Safari Park, in addition to births of 73 greater one-horned rhinos and 14 black rhinos at the Safari Park. The challenges associated with limited gene pools and severely reduced numbers facing Javan rhinos, Sumatran rhinos and northern white rhinos mean that some form of assisted reproduction may be their only hope for the future. Victoria and her calf will remain off exhibit to the public for an undisclosed period of time, to allow them to bond. The calf will eventually be introduced to the other five female rhinos at the Nikita Kahn Rhino Rescue Center—including Amani, also pregnant through artificial

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Rhino Birth at Safari Park Lifts Hopes for Saving Species from Extinction

by Ken Stone July 29, 2019July 30, 2019

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Zoo Impregnates 2nd Rhino in Mission to Bring Back Nearly-Extinct Species

by Chris Jennewein September 18, 2018September 18, 2018

Rhino embryo

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Successful Insemination at San Diego Zoo Marks Big Step in Saving Nearly Extinct Rhinos

by Chris Jennewein May 17, 2018May 18, 2018

Northern white rhino Sudan

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San Diego Zoo Mourns Death of Last Male Northern White Rhino

by Chris Jennewein March 20, 2018March 21, 2018

San Deigo Zoo Safari Park

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New San Diego Zoo Southern White Rhinos Get Names

by Hoa Quach January 27, 2016

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Body of Nola, Zoo’s White Rhino, Donated to Smithsonian for Research

by Alexander Nguyen November 24, 2015November 24, 2015

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Meet S.D. Safari Park’s Nola, 1 of 4 Rare White Rhinos Left

by Jacob Gardenswartz July 28, 2015July 28, 2015

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Round-the-Clock Care for Almost Extinct Rhino at Safari Park

by Chris Jennewein December 29, 2014December 29, 2014