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Third white rhino calf born at The Wilds on Christmas Eve Contributed to the Times Recorder The Wilds CUMBERLAND – There’s a baby boom of sorts happening at The Wilds and the team is buzzing with excitement as they celebrate the birth of a third white rhinoceros. The male calf was born on Dec. 24, in the rhinos’ large, heated barn. This calf is the 25th white rhino to be born at The Wilds.  The male calf and his mother, 16-year-old Zenzele, also born at The Wilds, are doing well. The calf appears to be strong and is nursing alongside his mother. 

Nature: Chandlersville Bird Count in Ohio yields more than avian species, thanks to The Wilds Jim McCormac, Special to The Columbus Dispatch © Jim McCormac Two day old male Southern White Rhinoceros, with mother, at the Wilds Last Saturday was the Chandlersville Christmas Bird Count and, as for the past decade, I was there. Chandlersville is a rural Muskingum County community southeast of Zanesville. Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) began in 1900 and are run under the auspices of the National Audubon Society. Last year, 2,646 counts took place, involving 81,601 observers. The v...

The Wilds, a conservation center operated by the Columbus Zoo, has the longest lineage of white rhinos of any facility outside of Africa.

The Wilds celebrates birth of second rhinoceros this month © Amanda Carberry Southern white rhino calf. CUMBERLAND, Ohio - The Wilds is celebrating the birth of a white rhinoceros born on December 18. The calf and his seven-year-old mother, Kali, also born at The Wilds, are doing well. This is the sixth calf for 16-year-old father, Roscoe, who was born at the Knoxville Zoo. He moved to the Seneca Park Zoo when he was two years old and has been living at The Wilds since 2014. This calf is the 24th white rhino to be born at The Wilds. On December 9, a female white rhino calf was also born to...

CUMBERLAND – The Wilds is welcomed an adorable female white rhinoceros calf, who was born in the rhinos’ large, heated barn during the early morning hours of Wednesday, Dec. 9.  The calf and her 9-year-old mother, Kifaru, who was also born at The Wilds, are doing well and continue to bond. Animal Management staff note that first-time mom, Kifaru, is being very attentive to her little one and providing her with great care. This is the fifth calf for 16-year-old father, Roscoe, who was born at the Knoxville Zoo. He moved to the Seneca Park Zoo when he was 2 years old and has been l...